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 11
... adapted to local climate and habitat . 9. Disjunctions of genera show greater antiquity than those of a single species , and so forth for higher taxonomic categories . 10. Long - distance dispersal is not only possible but also the ...
... adapted to local climate and habitat . 9. Disjunctions of genera show greater antiquity than those of a single species , and so forth for higher taxonomic categories . 10. Long - distance dispersal is not only possible but also the ...
Page 84
... adapted to each other and tol- erant of similar physical environments , then we might expect communities to be distributed as discrete units . Even the casual observer will notice that certain kinds of plants tend to occur together in ...
... adapted to each other and tol- erant of similar physical environments , then we might expect communities to be distributed as discrete units . Even the casual observer will notice that certain kinds of plants tend to occur together in ...
Page 206
... adapted to pass through the digestive tracts of animals and , being resistant to the digestive juices , are still viable when dropped in the feces . In fact , the germination of certain plant seeds is enhanced when exposed to animal ...
... adapted to pass through the digestive tracts of animals and , being resistant to the digestive juices , are still viable when dropped in the feces . In fact , the germination of certain plant seeds is enhanced when exposed to animal ...
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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