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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... terrestrial animals 100,000 2 1 2 8 16 32 64 0 10 100 1000 10,000 Body length ( mm ) Figure 4.3 The frequency distribution of body size among species for several different kinds of organisms . A , Terrestrial mammals of the world . B , Land ...
... terrestrial animals 100,000 2 1 2 8 16 32 64 0 10 100 1000 10,000 Body length ( mm ) Figure 4.3 The frequency distribution of body size among species for several different kinds of organisms . A , Terrestrial mammals of the world . B , Land ...
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James H. Brown, Arthur C. Gibson. Distribution Patterns of Terrestrial Animals Distribution of New World monkeys of the family Callithricidae . Chapter II or ... terrestrial animals, Abilities of land creatures to cross water barriers,
James H. Brown, Arthur C. Gibson. Distribution Patterns of Terrestrial Animals Distribution of New World monkeys of the family Callithricidae . Chapter II or ... terrestrial animals, Abilities of land creatures to cross water barriers,
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... terrestrial tetrapod families occurring The. riers pose a less permanent barrier to dispersal simply because organisms can often migrate around ... land organisms can cross wide oceanic gaps 11 315 Distribution patterns of terrestrial ...
... terrestrial tetrapod families occurring The. riers pose a less permanent barrier to dispersal simply because organisms can often migrate around ... land organisms can cross wide oceanic gaps 11 315 Distribution patterns of terrestrial ...
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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