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Hubbell, Stephen P., (1942-)         The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography / / Stephen P. Hubbell. . – Princeton : : Princeton University Press,, 2001.         xiv, 375 p. : : ill., map ; ; 23 cm. . – ( Monographs in population biology ; ; 32)         Machine generated contents note: I -- Preface -- 1. MacArthur and Wilson's Radical Theory -- 2. On Current Theories of Relative Species -- Abundance -- 3. Dynamical Models of the Relative -- Abundance of Species -- 4. Local Community Dynamics under -- Ecological Drift -- 5. Metacommunity Dynamics and the -- Unified Theory -- 6. The Unified Theory and Dynamical -- Species-Area Relationships -- 7. Metapopulations and Biodiversity on the -- Metacommunity Landscape -- 8. Speciation, Phylogeny, and the Evolution -- of Metacommunity Biodiversity -- 9. Sampling, Parameter Estimation, and die -- Generality of the Unified Theory -- 10. Reconciling Dispersal-Assembly and -- Niche-Assembly Theories -- Literature Cited -- Index.         ISBN0691021295 (cloth : alk. paper) :         ISBN0691021287 :         1. Biodiversity.         1. Biogeography.