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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... vegetation types ( Figure 4.11 ; see also Figure 13.5 ) . Similar cli- matic regimes tend to support structurally and functionally similar vegetation in disjunct areas throughout the world . Often the similarities re- sult from ...
... vegetation types ( Figure 4.11 ; see also Figure 13.5 ) . Similar cli- matic regimes tend to support structurally and functionally similar vegetation in disjunct areas throughout the world . Often the similarities re- sult from ...
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... vegetation , called tropic alpine scrubland , is taller than arctic tundra . The dominant groups are bizarre , erect rosette perennials with thick stems and tussock grasses . These vegetation types are found at elevations above 3300 m ...
... vegetation , called tropic alpine scrubland , is taller than arctic tundra . The dominant groups are bizarre , erect rosette perennials with thick stems and tussock grasses . These vegetation types are found at elevations above 3300 m ...
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... vegetation are re- lated . Nothing could be further from the truth . The principal stumbling block for modeling cli- mate versus vegetation is the problem of deter- mining which climatic parameters should be used . The complexity of ...
... vegetation are re- lated . Nothing could be further from the truth . The principal stumbling block for modeling cli- mate versus vegetation is the problem of deter- mining which climatic parameters should be used . The complexity of ...
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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