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 102
... rain forests ( Figure 4.13 ) are found at low elevations in tropical latitudes ( chiefly 10 ° N to 10 ° S ) where rainfall is abundant ( over 180 cm annually ) . Al- though most tropical rain forests occur in re- gions that receive some ...
... rain forests ( Figure 4.13 ) are found at low elevations in tropical latitudes ( chiefly 10 ° N to 10 ° S ) where rainfall is abundant ( over 180 cm annually ) . Al- though most tropical rain forests occur in re- gions that receive some ...
Page 104
... rain forests of the sub- tropics and the montane tropics have cooler temperatures , and the subtropical climate has more pronounced dry spells . Tropical deciduous forest . Tropical decid- uous forests ( Figure 4.14 ) usually occur in ...
... rain forests of the sub- tropics and the montane tropics have cooler temperatures , and the subtropical climate has more pronounced dry spells . Tropical deciduous forest . Tropical decid- uous forests ( Figure 4.14 ) usually occur in ...
Page 421
... rain forests have experienced marked changes in climate , so that within the last 40,000 years , the rain forests have varied greatly in distribution , sometimes being much more restricted than at present . Neotropical Pleistocene ...
... rain forests have experienced marked changes in climate , so that within the last 40,000 years , the rain forests have varied greatly in distribution , sometimes being much more restricted than at present . Neotropical Pleistocene ...
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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