Panbiogeography: The New WorldLéon Croizat, 1958 - Biogeography |
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... modern " forms , because it is well known by authentic fossils [ 22 ] that avian genera were already modern in Miocene : v ) Finally , the records of dispersal in the Caribbeans , such as we shall not fail to investi- gate , do prove ...
... modern " forms , because it is well known by authentic fossils [ 22 ] that avian genera were already modern in Miocene : v ) Finally , the records of dispersal in the Caribbeans , such as we shall not fail to investi- gate , do prove ...
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... modern " avian genera were in being by age of fossiliza- tion ; and the question is when these " modern " genera existed by age of being . The answer does of course depend on whatever concept the naturalist holds of the time necessary ...
... modern " avian genera were in being by age of fossiliza- tion ; and the question is when these " modern " genera existed by age of being . The answer does of course depend on whatever concept the naturalist holds of the time necessary ...
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... modern " life in the Andes does not make sense at all unless in considera- tion of geological factors , nor does the very making of the major blocks of " modern " mammalian faunas prove understandable if we stultify the geophysical ...
... modern " life in the Andes does not make sense at all unless in considera- tion of geological factors , nor does the very making of the major blocks of " modern " mammalian faunas prove understandable if we stultify the geophysical ...
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accordingly affinity Africa Amazonas Andean Antioquia Argentina assuredly Bahamas biogeographic birds Bogotá Bolívar Bolivia Bond Brazil Capitonidae Caribbean Cauca Cayman Central America Chapter Colombia colonizing flights conclusion contrary Cordillera Costarica course Cretaceous Cuba Cundinamarca disconnected discussion distribution Eastern ecology Ecuador endemic essentially eventually evolution fauna follows form-making forms fossil Galapagos genera genus geography geological Geosyncline Greater Antilles groups Guiana Hellmayr highlands Hispaniola Honduras Huila islands Jamaica landbridges Lesser Antilles Macarena Madagascar Magdalena major mammals massing matter Matthew means of dispersal Mérida Mexico Mimidae modern Nariño naturalist nature Node North Northern Northwestern Nuclear Central America Pacific Panama pattern Peru phytogeography Picidae plants Portorico races range reader records Revilla Gigedo Río Santa Marta science of dispersal score sector Sierra Simpson South America Southern southward species stand Táchira taxonomic Territorio Amazonas Tertiary track Trinidad BWI Troglodytidae tropical understanding Venezuela West Western Ecuador whole World