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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... lakes , are recycled from the or- ganic material on the bottom when the vertical temperature and density stratification of the wa- ter disappear seasonally and overturn occurs ( see Chapter 2 ) . Temperate lakes are often clas- sified ...
... lakes , are recycled from the or- ganic material on the bottom when the vertical temperature and density stratification of the wa- ter disappear seasonally and overturn occurs ( see Chapter 2 ) . Temperate lakes are often clas- sified ...
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... lakes in northern North America recently formed by glaciers ( above ) and the much older lakes of central and eastern Africa ( below ) . Note that the slope of the curve for the African lakes is about twice as steep as that for the ...
... lakes in northern North America recently formed by glaciers ( above ) and the much older lakes of central and eastern Africa ( below ) . Note that the slope of the curve for the African lakes is about twice as steep as that for the ...
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... lakes . Some large lakes , including the Great Lakes and the Finger Lakes in northeastern North Amer- ica , Lake Baikal in the Soviet Union , and sev- eral of the large lakes of central Africa , are more than 100 m deep , but few ...
... lakes . Some large lakes , including the Great Lakes and the Finger Lakes in northeastern North Amer- ica , Lake Baikal in the Soviet Union , and sev- eral of the large lakes of central Africa , are more than 100 m deep , but few ...
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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