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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... example . The rodent family Heteromyidae , containing the pocket mice and their relatives , is endemic to western North America and northernmost South Amer- ica . Each of the five genera of heteromyids have more restricted ranges , with ...
... example . The rodent family Heteromyidae , containing the pocket mice and their relatives , is endemic to western North America and northernmost South Amer- ica . Each of the five genera of heteromyids have more restricted ranges , with ...
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... example , because parallel evolution , the origin of similar forms from a dissimilar common ancestor , is noto- riously difficult to recognize , many characters should be used in cases in which it is suspected . Otherwise the nodes ...
... example , because parallel evolution , the origin of similar forms from a dissimilar common ancestor , is noto- riously difficult to recognize , many characters should be used in cases in which it is suspected . Otherwise the nodes ...
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... example , an adult clam or sea anemo- ne ) , the species may be sessile ( immobile ) or capable of varying degrees of mobility . The ex- tent of locomotion often depends on feeding behavior , for example , whether the organism is a ...
... example , an adult clam or sea anemo- ne ) , the species may be sessile ( immobile ) or capable of varying degrees of mobility . The ex- tent of locomotion often depends on feeding behavior , for example , whether the organism is a ...
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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