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 177
... cies are formed , what happens to them ? After a speciation event , the resulting species are usu- ally quite similar to each other . They can in- crease in abundance and expand their geo- graphic ranges only by evolving different ways ...
... cies are formed , what happens to them ? After a speciation event , the resulting species are usu- ally quite similar to each other . They can in- crease in abundance and expand their geo- graphic ranges only by evolving different ways ...
Page 359
... cies of land residents on Jamaica , 25 species also occur on the mainland nearby and at least 20 others have their closest relatives ( presum- ably once the ancestors ) in Central America , supporting a conclusion that most Jamaican ...
... cies of land residents on Jamaica , 25 species also occur on the mainland nearby and at least 20 others have their closest relatives ( presum- ably once the ancestors ) in Central America , supporting a conclusion that most Jamaican ...
Page 454
... cies . In fact , the number of species increased rapidly and appeared to overshoot the original number before declining and stabilizing close to the initial value . Furthermore , there was a great deal of turnover , even after the ...
... cies . In fact , the number of species increased rapidly and appeared to overshoot the original number before declining and stabilizing close to the initial value . Furthermore , there was a great deal of turnover , even after the ...
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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