The Theory of Island Biogeography¶
MacArthur, R. H., & Wilson, E. O. (1967). The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton University Press.
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Primes¶
- Turnover
- The dynamic-equilibrium framing that ecology uses for island species counts (a standing level held by balanced immigration and extinction) is the same framing operations research uses for queue lengths and inventory levels, and the same one demography uses for stable populations.
This sourceEstablishes the standing species count of an island as a dynamic equilibrium between immigration and extinction — the canonical dynamic-equilibrium framing of a steady-state standing level that ecology, operations research (queue lengths), and demography (stable populations) share as a common turnover steady state.
- The dynamic-equilibrium framing that ecology uses for island species counts (a standing level held by balanced immigration and extinction) is the same framing operations research uses for queue lengths and inventory levels, and the same one demography uses for stable populations.
Domain-specific¶
- Heaps' Law
- Species accumulation in ecology (distinct species discovered scaling as a power of sampling effort — Heaps' law exactly when the effort is counted in individuals; the more familiar species–area relationship, β ≈ 0.2–0.4, counts area instead and inherits the form only through a constant-density mapping)
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- Species accumulation in ecology (distinct species discovered scaling as a power of sampling effort — Heaps' law exactly when the effort is counted in individuals; the more familiar species–area relationship, β ≈ 0.2–0.4, counts area instead and inherits the form only through a constant-density mapping)
- r/K Selection Theory
- The theory was formulated by MacArthur and Wilson in 1967
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- The theory was formulated by MacArthur and Wilson in 1967
- Species–Area Relationship
- The relationship is one of the oldest and most consistently documented quantitative patterns in ecology, documented by Arrhenius in 1921, given statistical grounding by Preston in 1962, and given mechanistic grounding by MacArthur and Wilson's 1967 theory of island biogeography.
This sourceThe equilibrium colonisation-extinction theory that gives the species-area relationship its mechanistic grounding.
- The relationship is one of the oldest and most consistently documented quantitative patterns in ecology, documented by Arrhenius in 1921, given statistical grounding by Preston in 1962, and given mechanistic grounding by MacArthur and Wilson's 1967 theory of island biogeography.
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