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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... patterns of freshwater fishes , 294 Distribution patterns of other freshwater animals , 302 Interpreting marine distributions , 309 11 Distribution patterns of terrestrial animals , 314 Abilities of land creatures to cross water ...
... patterns of freshwater fishes , 294 Distribution patterns of other freshwater animals , 302 Interpreting marine distributions , 309 11 Distribution patterns of terrestrial animals , 314 Abilities of land creatures to cross water ...
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... pattern is particularly impressive because it is repeated on two different geographically iso- lated sets of mountaintop islands ( Brown , 1971b , 1978 ; Patterson , 1980 ) . Patterns caused by differential extinction are particularly ...
... pattern is particularly impressive because it is repeated on two different geographically iso- lated sets of mountaintop islands ( Brown , 1971b , 1978 ; Patterson , 1980 ) . Patterns caused by differential extinction are particularly ...
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... patterns of species richness . None of these ex- planations can be truly complete , however , un- less it can also ... Patterns and randomness Such an optimistic outlook is , of course , predicated on the assumption that there are ...
... patterns of species richness . None of these ex- planations can be truly complete , however , un- less it can also ... Patterns and randomness Such an optimistic outlook is , of course , predicated on the assumption that there are ...
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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