BiogeographyBiogeography, Second Edition combines ecological and historical perspectives to show how contemporary environments, earth history, and evolutionary processes have shaped the distributions of species and the patterns of biodiversity. It illustrates general patterns and processes using examples from different groups of plants and animals from diverse habitats and geographic regions. Written primarily for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in plant and/or animal geography, the book serves as a general synthesis and reference as well. |
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Page 354
... World orioles , and caciques ; 92 spp . ) * Emberizinae of Emberizidae ( New World sparrows and finches ; 234 spp . , with some exceptions ) * Thraupidae ( tanagers ; 233 spp . , including Tersinidae ) * NEW WORLD ENDEMICS WITH ...
... World orioles , and caciques ; 92 spp . ) * Emberizinae of Emberizidae ( New World sparrows and finches ; 234 spp . , with some exceptions ) * Thraupidae ( tanagers ; 233 spp . , including Tersinidae ) * NEW WORLD ENDEMICS WITH ...
Page 371
... World Scaprodrosophile etc. bryoni coloring Neatan ygastreika Chymomyza → populi Sophophore Temperate Temperate Sieganinar Steganinar subritis victoria victoria Chymomyza Chymamyza popul fina obscure obscure melanogaster - melanogaster ...
... World Scaprodrosophile etc. bryoni coloring Neatan ygastreika Chymomyza → populi Sophophore Temperate Temperate Sieganinar Steganinar subritis victoria victoria Chymomyza Chymamyza popul fina obscure obscure melanogaster - melanogaster ...
Page 534
... World species in the Old World suggests that most of the Eurasian forms are adapted to oc- cupy niches that are dependent on human activ- ity , and they exploit similar niches in North America . As evidence of this we note that not only ...
... World species in the Old World suggests that most of the Eurasian forms are adapted to oc- cupy niches that are dependent on human activ- ity , and they exploit similar niches in North America . As evidence of this we note that not only ...
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adapted adaptive radiation Africa angiosperms animals aquatic areas Australasia Australia barriers biogeographic biotas biotic Cenozoic changes Chapter cies cladistic cladogram climate colonization communities competition continental continental drift continents Cretaceous desert disjunctions distributions drift eastern ecological elevation endemic environment Eocene Eurasia evolution evolutionary example extinction families fauna Figure fishes forms fossil record freshwater genera geographic ranges geologic Gondwanaland groups Guinea habitats inhabiting insects insular interactions isolated lakes land bridge landmasses latitudes limited living long-distance dispersal MacArthur Madagascar mainland major mammals marine Mesozoic migration million years BP mountain Neotropics niches North Northern Hemisphere number of species occur oceanic islands organisms origin Pacific Paleocene patterns phylogenetic plants plate Pleistocene polyploidy populations predators present radiation rain forest reconstructions regions relationships relatively Simberloff similar soil South America southern speciation species richness taxa taxon taxonomic temperate temperature terrestrial tion tropical vegetation vicariance World zone