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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... areas " --with a work force of less than 15,000 -- may also be classified if they have substantial unemployment . The listing of an area in the " Directory of Important Labor Areas " indicates that the area has been officially defined ...
... areas " --with a work force of less than 15,000 -- may also be classified if they have substantial unemployment . The listing of an area in the " Directory of Important Labor Areas " indicates that the area has been officially defined ...
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... area for wilderness values difficult . In addition the area contains a number of nonconforming features as shown on the map - residences and a cabin , areas where timber has been harvested , primitive roads , and constructed water ...
... area for wilderness values difficult . In addition the area contains a number of nonconforming features as shown on the map - residences and a cabin , areas where timber has been harvested , primitive roads , and constructed water ...
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... areas was generally light . That is , it was estimated that most of the areas could have accommodated up to 25 percent or more users during the peak season of use . Only a few ... Areas Historic Areas Other Small Recreation Areas Summary.
... areas was generally light . That is , it was estimated that most of the areas could have accommodated up to 25 percent or more users during the peak season of use . Only a few ... Areas Historic Areas Other Small Recreation Areas Summary.
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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