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 191
... tion and adaptive radiation . The diversification of certain groups of higher plants , such as the largest plant family , the sunflower family ( As- teraceae ) , appears to have been facilitated by high incidences of polyploidy and by ...
... tion and adaptive radiation . The diversification of certain groups of higher plants , such as the largest plant family , the sunflower family ( As- teraceae ) , appears to have been facilitated by high incidences of polyploidy and by ...
Page 560
... tion ; compare with stochastic . detritivore An organism that feeds solely on detritus . detritus Freshly dead or partially decomposed or- ganic matter . diadromous Referring to an aquatic animal that must migrate between fresh water ...
... tion ; compare with stochastic . detritivore An organism that feeds solely on detritus . detritus Freshly dead or partially decomposed or- ganic matter . diadromous Referring to an aquatic animal that must migrate between fresh water ...
Page 602
... tion of angiosperms . Biol . Rev. Cambridge Philos . Soc . 45 : 417-450 . Müller , P. 1973. The dispersal centres of terrestrial verte- brates in the Neotropical Realm . The Hague , Dr. W. Junk BV , Publishers . Müller , P. 1974 ...
... tion of angiosperms . Biol . Rev. Cambridge Philos . Soc . 45 : 417-450 . Müller , P. 1973. The dispersal centres of terrestrial verte- brates in the Neotropical Realm . The Hague , Dr. W. Junk BV , Publishers . Müller , P. 1974 ...
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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