1. The natural laboratory paradigm -- 2. Island environments -- 3. Biodiversity hot-spots -- 4. Speciation and the island condition -- 5. Arrival and change -- 6. Emergent models of island evolution -- 7. Species numbers games -- 8. Community assembly and dynamics -- 9. Island theory and conservation -- 10. The human impact on island ecosystems - the lighthouse-keeper's cat and other stories
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-278) and index
