An introduction to applied biogeography
Biogeography is the study of the geographical distribution of plants and animals and the processes and mechanisms that have brought about these distribution patterns. Historical aspects, methods of data collection and analysis and the applications of biogeography are discussed in this accessible undergraduate textbook.
Print Book, English, 1999 (imp. 2000)
1st ed., repr View all formats and editions
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999 (imp. 2000)
xiii, 243 p. : il
9780521451024, 9780521457125, 0521451027, 0521457122
645186430
Foreword Tony Whitten; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Biogeography: the nature of the subject, its history and its applications; 2. Patterns of distribution and biogeographical classifications; 3. Islands; 4. Geological, evolutionary and human impacts on biogeography; 5. Ecological patterns and types of species distribution; 6. Biogeographical information: collection, retrieval and application; 7. Habitat fragmentation; 8. Biogeography of linear landscape features; 9. Future developments; Appendix I. Glossary; Appendix II. Addresses of relevant organisations; Index.