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 245
... forms that appear to be the closest liv- ing pair of species but that are really very dis- tantly related . If the morphological differ- ences are some relatively simple developmental changes between two forms , such as different sizes ...
... forms that appear to be the closest liv- ing pair of species but that are really very dis- tantly related . If the morphological differ- ences are some relatively simple developmental changes between two forms , such as different sizes ...
Page 252
... forms arose and eventually sup- planted the original ones , forcing them south- ward to peripheral habitats and into the South- ern Hemisphere . Thus the center of origin is where the derived forms reside . This is in direct opposition ...
... forms arose and eventually sup- planted the original ones , forcing them south- ward to peripheral habitats and into the South- ern Hemisphere . Thus the center of origin is where the derived forms reside . This is in direct opposition ...
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... forms of the order ( Fink and Fink , 1981 ) , the African tetras ( Alestinae of Characidae ) , and the monotypic Hepsetidae . This split range strongly suggests a formerly continuous distribution in West Gondwana- land , one in which ...
... forms of the order ( Fink and Fink , 1981 ) , the African tetras ( Alestinae of Characidae ) , and the monotypic Hepsetidae . This split range strongly suggests a formerly continuous distribution in West Gondwana- land , one in which ...
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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