Cladistic BiogeographyThis clearly written, nontechnical introduction to cladistic biogeography treats earth history and biohistory as interdependent and attempts to explain patterns of plant and animal distribution through a systematic reconstruction of different groups of organisms found in similar areas. Emphasizing an historical approach, the authors cover the methodology, the applications, and the potential value of cladistic biogeography in developing a new view of the organic world. |
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Africa amphitropical distributions analysis apomorphic area cladograms areas of endemism Asia assumption austral zone Australia biogeo biogeographic studies biological biota boreal zone Brundin Caribbean centre of origin characters chironomid cladistic biogeography clado cladogram Fig Cladogram of areas cladograms of Fig cladograms of taxa closely related continent continental Cretaceous Croizat Darwin derived disjunct dispersal distribution patterns earth history eastern Eocene Europe example explanation fish fossil four areas genera genus geographical geologists gram group of organisms Guinea Hennig Heterandria historical biogeography Humphries 1981 hypothesis Jurassic killifishes land masses mammals method Middle America midges migration monophyletic monophyletic groups Nelson and Platnick North American taxa Nothofagus occur Osmorhiza Pacific Pacifica Pangaea pantropical pattern of Fig Patterson 1981a phylogenetic plants and animals plate tectonics Platnick regions Rosen South America southern beeches southern hemisphere species symplesiomorphies synapomorphies taxon taxonomic groups temperate theory tion track trees tropical vicariance events western North America Xipho Xiphophorus Zealand