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 109
... Temperate deciduous forest . Temperate deciduous forests ( Figure 4.20 ) grow through- out temperate latitudes almost wherever there is sufficient water to support the growth of large trees . These are also called summer - green decid ...
... Temperate deciduous forest . Temperate deciduous forests ( Figure 4.20 ) grow through- out temperate latitudes almost wherever there is sufficient water to support the growth of large trees . These are also called summer - green decid ...
Page 110
... Temperate rain forest Olympic Penninsula , Washington . ( Courtesy. Figure 4.21 In many parts of the Northern Hemisphere , temperate deciduous forests are located next to other arborescent communities , especially tem- perate evergreen ...
... Temperate rain forest Olympic Penninsula , Washington . ( Courtesy. Figure 4.21 In many parts of the Northern Hemisphere , temperate deciduous forests are located next to other arborescent communities , especially tem- perate evergreen ...
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... Temperate Circum - North Temperate North and South Temperate Fragmentary North Temperate Amphi - Atlantic Temperate Mediterranean - American Eurasian - eastern and western American Eurasian - eastern American - Mexican Asian - eastern ...
... Temperate Circum - North Temperate North and South Temperate Fragmentary North Temperate Amphi - Atlantic Temperate Mediterranean - American Eurasian - eastern and western American Eurasian - eastern American - Mexican Asian - eastern ...
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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