books.google.co.nz - Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book, the authors developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography. The theory builds on the first...http://books.google.co.nz/books/about/The_Theory_of_Island_Biogeography.html?id=a10cdkywhVgC&q=variance&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Theory of Island Biogeography