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Comparative biogeography : discovering and classifying biogeographical patterns of a dynamic Earth /

"To unravel the complex shared history of the Earth and its life forms, biogeographers analyze patterns of biodiversity, species distribution, and geological history. So far, the field of biogeography has been fragmented into divergent systematic and evolutionary approaches, with no overarching...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parenti, Lynne R.
Otros Autores: Ebach, Malte C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Colección:Species and systematics ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part 1. History and homology
  • 2. History and development of comparative biogeography
  • 3. Building blocks of biogeography: endemic areas and areas of endemism
  • 4. Building blocks of biogeography: biotic areas and area homology
  • Part 2. Methods
  • 5. Biogeographic processes
  • 6. Biogeographic methods and applications
  • 7. The systematic biogeographic method
  • Part 3. Implementation
  • 8. Geology and comparative biogeography
  • 9. Implementing principles: biogeography of the Pacific
  • 10. The future of biogeography.