Encyclopedia of biodiversity encyclopedia of biodiversity, (7 volume set) ( PDFDrive ) 3098

Contents

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Near East Ecosystems, Animal Diversity
Joseph Heller

459

Near East Ecosystems, Plant Diversity
Avinoam Danin

478

Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests
Julio Calvo-Alvarado, Arturo Sa´nchez-Azofeifa, and Carlos Portillo-Quintero

488

Nest Parasitism
Scott K Robinson, Stephen I Rothstein, and Brian D Peer

501

Neutral Theory and Beyond
James O’Dwyer and Ryan Chisholm

510

Nitrogen Deposition and Terrestrial Biodiversity
Christopher M Clark, Yongfei Bai, William D Bowman, Jane M Cowles, Mark E Fenn,

Frank S Gilliam, Gareth K Phoenix, Ilyas Siddique, Carly J Stevens, Harald U Sverdrup, and
Heather L Throop

519

Nitrogen, Nitrogen Cycle
Sandy L Tartowski and Robert W Howarth

537

Nomenclature, Systems of
David L Hawksworth

547

North America, Patterns of Biodiversity in
Martin J Lechowicz

560

Nucleic Acid Biodiversity: Rewriting DNA and RNA in Diverse Organisms
Laura F Landweber, Tamara L Horton, and Jonatha M Gott

568

O
Ocean Ecosystems
Richard T Barber

581

Oceanic Islands: Models of Diversity
Rosemary G Gillespie

590

Oil-Palm Plantations in the Context of Biodiversity Conservation
Erik Meijaard and Douglas Sheil

600

Origin and Diversification of Angiosperms
William L Crepet

613

Origin of Life, Theories of
Susanne Brakmann

628

Origins, Evolution, and Breakdown of Bacterial Symbiosis
Joel L Sachs

637

P
Paleoecology
Thompson Webb

645

Parasitism
Klaus Rohde

656

Parasitoids
HCJ Godfray

674

Pelagic Ecosystems
Andrea Belgrano, Sonia D Batten, and Philip C Reid

683