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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Page 527
... similar results for widely divergent groups of organisms is significant . They suggest that similar dispersal capabilities and ecological requirements , which are the consequences of shared evolutionary histories , tend to result in ...
... similar results for widely divergent groups of organisms is significant . They suggest that similar dispersal capabilities and ecological requirements , which are the consequences of shared evolutionary histories , tend to result in ...
Page 529
... similar , closely related species . The alternative explana- tion for the observed patterns , namely that the most similar pairs of species are the vicariant products of recent allopatric speciation , appears to be unlikely in these ...
... similar , closely related species . The alternative explana- tion for the observed patterns , namely that the most similar pairs of species are the vicariant products of recent allopatric speciation , appears to be unlikely in these ...
Page 551
... similar ecological roles on the two continents , not only by foraging at similar heights in the vegetation ( as shown here ) but also by using similar behavior to find and consume the same kinds of insect prey . ( Simplified from Cody ...
... similar ecological roles on the two continents , not only by foraging at similar heights in the vegetation ( as shown here ) but also by using similar behavior to find and consume the same kinds of insect prey . ( Simplified from Cody ...
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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