Fundamentals of Biogeography offers a fresh, up-to-date introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology,
geography and history of animals and plants. The book defines and examines populations, communities and ecosystems
- examining where different animals and plants live and how they came to be living there, investigating how populations
grow, interact and survive, how equilibrium communities are formed and how communities change, and predicting the
shape of communities in the twenty-first century.
Stressing the role of ecological, geographical, historical and human factors in fashioning animal and plant distributions,
Huggett reveals how life has and is adapting to its biological and physical surroundings. The book includes several
sections on how human attitudes to Nature differ, and how biogeography can affect conservation practice. Besides
explaining key concepts and interactions, Huggett tackles many topical and controversial environmental and ethical
concerns including: animal rights, species exploitation, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, metapopulations,
patchy landscapes and chaos.
Illustrated throughout with informative diagrams and photos, and including chapter summaries, guides to further
reading and an extensive glossary of key terms, Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an engaging introduction
for students and all those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the key topics and debates within the
fields of biogeography, ecology and the environment.
