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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... chapter on the theory of plate tectonics and the geologic history of the earth is followed by chapters on the processes of spe- ciation and extinction , on the mechanisms and consequences of dispersal , on patterns of en- demism and ...
... chapter on the theory of plate tectonics and the geologic history of the earth is followed by chapters on the processes of spe- ciation and extinction , on the mechanisms and consequences of dispersal , on patterns of en- demism and ...
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... chapters dis- cuss the ecological setting provided by various regions and the roles the abiotic and biotic en- vironment play in limiting distributions . Chapter 2 describes and explains large - scale variations in the physical ...
... chapters dis- cuss the ecological setting provided by various regions and the roles the abiotic and biotic en- vironment play in limiting distributions . Chapter 2 describes and explains large - scale variations in the physical ...
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... ( Chapter 1 ) , that the niches ( requirements and tolerances ) of fossil organisms are close to those of their living relatives . For aquatic organisms , reconstruction can be made by certain physical techniques , e.g. , quantifying the ...
... ( Chapter 1 ) , that the niches ( requirements and tolerances ) of fossil organisms are close to those of their living relatives . For aquatic organisms , reconstruction can be made by certain physical techniques , e.g. , quantifying the ...
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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