Comparative Biogeography : Discovering and Classifying Biogeographical Patterns of a Dynamic Earth /

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Parenti, Lynne R.
Autres auteurs: Ebach, Malte C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Biogeography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
Biogeographie.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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