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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... ecological and evolu- tionary time . By ecological time we usually mean periods from milliseconds to decades , in which populations may interact with their en- vironment and respond to environmental fluc- tuations without undergoing ...
... ecological and evolu- tionary time . By ecological time we usually mean periods from milliseconds to decades , in which populations may interact with their en- vironment and respond to environmental fluc- tuations without undergoing ...
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... ecological processes that influence the number and kinds of species that live together in different parts of the earth . On the other hand , until these ecological processes are understood , the biogeographer will be un- able to ...
... ecological processes that influence the number and kinds of species that live together in different parts of the earth . On the other hand , until these ecological processes are understood , the biogeographer will be un- able to ...
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James H. Brown, Arthur C. Gibson. ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY The Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography Relationship between number of. UNIT FOUR Up to this point we have been concerned pri- marily with the roles played by ecological pro ...
James H. Brown, Arthur C. Gibson. ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY The Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography Relationship between number of. UNIT FOUR Up to this point we have been concerned pri- marily with the roles played by ecological pro ...
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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