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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... taxa . In case I none of the three taxa share derived traits , so there is no basis for assuming that any pair is more closely related than any other . In case 2 , taxa 1 and 2 have trait A , and it is as- sumed they branched off from a ...
... taxa . In case I none of the three taxa share derived traits , so there is no basis for assuming that any pair is more closely related than any other . In case 2 , taxa 1 and 2 have trait A , and it is as- sumed they branched off from a ...
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... taxa are distributed in three disjunct areas . The arrangement of the diagram indicates the relationships among the taxa as revealed by cladistic analysis . Taxa 2 and 3 are more similar to each other than either is to taxon 1. From ...
... taxa are distributed in three disjunct areas . The arrangement of the diagram indicates the relationships among the taxa as revealed by cladistic analysis . Taxa 2 and 3 are more similar to each other than either is to taxon 1. From ...
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... taxa . synapomorphy In cladistics , the term used to iden- tify a shared derived character state between taxa . systematics The study of the evolutionary relation- ships between organisms . taxon ( pl . taxa ) A convenient and general ...
... taxa . synapomorphy In cladistics , the term used to iden- tify a shared derived character state between taxa . systematics The study of the evolutionary relation- ships between organisms . taxon ( pl . taxa ) A convenient and general ...
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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