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 437
... insular and ecological biogeography beginning in the 1960s . This theory attempts to account for variation in species diversity among the islands of an archipelago or other restricted region without considering their taxonomic la- bels ...
... insular and ecological biogeography beginning in the 1960s . This theory attempts to account for variation in species diversity among the islands of an archipelago or other restricted region without considering their taxonomic la- bels ...
Page 451
... insular populations . Consequently , isolation by dis- tance might influence extinction rates as well as colonization rates . 4. Larger islands certainly present larger targets for dispersing propagules , suggesting that the assumption ...
... insular populations . Consequently , isolation by dis- tance might influence extinction rates as well as colonization rates . 4. Larger islands certainly present larger targets for dispersing propagules , suggesting that the assumption ...
Page 460
... insular distributions cannot be ex- plained solely in terms of a stochastic equilib- rium between opposing rates of colonization and extinction , as predicted by the MacArthur- Wilson model . Deterministic patterns , not only in the ...
... insular distributions cannot be ex- plained solely in terms of a stochastic equilib- rium between opposing rates of colonization and extinction , as predicted by the MacArthur- Wilson model . Deterministic patterns , not only in 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