A theory of countryside biogeography

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Abstract: Humans are the dominant influence affecting patterns of life on the planet. Our demand for food, fuel, and fiber create the countless countryside ecosystems that collectively constitute the majority of the biosphere. Countryside biogeography studies the distribution of biological variation over space and time in human-dominated ecosystems. It explicitly considers all ecosystem components, including: minimally-altered habitats; novel ecosystems; domestic and feral plants and animals; human populations; and the services provided by nature to people, including quality of life. Countryside biogeography also deliberately focuses on forecasting changes in biodiversity and biodiversity-driven ecosystem services under a variety of possible futures. As such, one of the primary aims of countryside biogeography is to understand what kinds of ecosystems will exist in the coming decades and which might merit the most protection through human intervention.

Type of resource	text
Form	electronic; electronic resource; remote
Extent	1 online resource.
Publication date	2014
Issuance	monographic
Language	English

Associated with	Mendenhall, Chase Douglas
Associated with	Stanford University, Department of Biology.
Primary advisor	Daily, Gretchen C
Thesis advisor	Daily, Gretchen C
Thesis advisor	Ehrlich, Paul
Thesis advisor	Fukami, Tadashi, 1972-
Thesis advisor	Hadly, Elizabeth Anne, 1958-
Advisor	Ehrlich, Paul
Advisor	Fukami, Tadashi, 1972-
Advisor	Hadly, Elizabeth Anne, 1958-

Genre	Theses

Statement of responsibility	Chase Douglas Mendenhall.
Note	Submitted to the Department of Biology.
Thesis	Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014.
Location	electronic resource

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY).

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