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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... communities that replace each other abruptly . B , Species not segregated into communities , but some sets replace each other abruptly . C , Species distributed as discrete communities , which gradually replace each other . D , Species ...
... communities that replace each other abruptly . B , Species not segregated into communities , but some sets replace each other abruptly . C , Species distributed as discrete communities , which gradually replace each other . D , Species ...
Page 98
... communities from patches of local habitat . The pattern of temporal replacement of species in succession is quite comparable to the spatial replacement of species along environ- mental gradients . Although a few species may have strong ...
... communities from patches of local habitat . The pattern of temporal replacement of species in succession is quite comparable to the spatial replacement of species along environ- mental gradients . Although a few species may have strong ...
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... communities than daily or seasonal cycles . Oceanographers , limnologists , and aquatic ecologists have developed classifications for ma- rine and freshwater ecosystems . Like the divi- sion of terrestrial communities into biomes ...
... communities than daily or seasonal cycles . Oceanographers , limnologists , and aquatic ecologists have developed classifications for ma- rine and freshwater ecosystems . Like the divi- sion of terrestrial communities into biomes ...
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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