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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... continental drift No contribution to biogeography has had more impact than the development of the con- cept of continental drift from a speculative the- ory in the early 1900s to a well - established fact by the 1960s . Today we call ...
... continental drift No contribution to biogeography has had more impact than the development of the con- cept of continental drift from a speculative the- ory in the early 1900s to a well - established fact by the 1960s . Today we call ...
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... drift model . For example , in 1943 G.G. Simpson published an analysis of past and pres- ent mammalian distributions to show how these data fit the various explanations of past intercontinental connections . After ... continental drift,
... drift model . For example , in 1943 G.G. Simpson published an analysis of past and pres- ent mammalian distributions to show how these data fit the various explanations of past intercontinental connections . After ... continental drift,
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... continental drift to the earth sciences , vol . 1. New York , Academic Press , Inc. Cox , C.B. 1973b . Triassic tetrapods , p . 213-223 . In A. Hallam ( ed . ) , Atlas of palacobiogeography . Amsterdam , Else- vier Scientific Publishing ...
... continental drift to the earth sciences , vol . 1. New York , Academic Press , Inc. Cox , C.B. 1973b . Triassic tetrapods , p . 213-223 . In A. Hallam ( ed . ) , Atlas of palacobiogeography . Amsterdam , Else- vier Scientific Publishing ...
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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