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 244
... Disjunctions Disjunctions are those distributions in which two or more closely related taxa live to- day in widely separated areas . Since the early nineteenth century , one of the chief goals of biogeography has been to explain such ...
... Disjunctions Disjunctions are those distributions in which two or more closely related taxa live to- day in widely separated areas . Since the early nineteenth century , one of the chief goals of biogeography has been to explain such ...
Page 246
... disjunctions of taxa are identified is that practically every conceivable disjunction occurs . This includes taxa that are disjunct between areas of the same climate and vegetation type , such as around the tropics in the major areas of ...
... disjunctions of taxa are identified is that practically every conceivable disjunction occurs . This includes taxa that are disjunct between areas of the same climate and vegetation type , such as around the tropics in the major areas of ...
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... disjunctions , which mimic the phylogenetic splitting of the clades involved . As discussed in Chapter 13 , one can ... disjunctions , slightly less successful for wide disjunctions within a landmass ( especially in unglaciated re- gions ) ...
... disjunctions , which mimic the phylogenetic splitting of the clades involved . As discussed in Chapter 13 , one can ... disjunctions , slightly less successful for wide disjunctions within a landmass ( especially in unglaciated re- gions ) ...
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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