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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... predators , competitors for re- sources , or mutualists that provide essential ser- vices ( Figure 3.2 ) . For example , we know that many cacti and other xerophytic plants can live in much wetter climates than the deserts to which they ...
... predators , competitors for re- sources , or mutualists that provide essential ser- vices ( Figure 3.2 ) . For example , we know that many cacti and other xerophytic plants can live in much wetter climates than the deserts to which they ...
Page 75
... predators may depend on particular prey for food or other benefits necessary to support their own popu- lations , whereas , on the other hand , predators may limit prey populations by killing or dam- aging individuals . When predators ...
... predators may depend on particular prey for food or other benefits necessary to support their own popu- lations , whereas , on the other hand , predators may limit prey populations by killing or dam- aging individuals . When predators ...
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... predators . Niagara Falls formerly prevented Petromyzon from enter- ing the upper Great Lakes , which supported large populations of lake trout . Construction of the Welland Canal enabled the lamprey to col- onize these lakes . The ...
... predators . Niagara Falls formerly prevented Petromyzon from enter- ing the upper Great Lakes , which supported large populations of lake trout . Construction of the Welland Canal enabled the lamprey to col- onize these lakes . The ...
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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