Biogeography

Introduction to Space, Time, and Life

Glen M. MacDonald (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

528 Seiten

2002
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-24193-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The goal of biogeography is to build an understanding of biogeography as a unified science studying how environment, space and time interact to control the large--scale distribution of organisms. This title includes the key concepts related to the study of vegetation and animal distributions and the human impact on these distributions.

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Biogeography illustrates how environment, space and time interact to control the large-scale distribution of organisms. This book can be used for these courses which can be offered in either department. This title includes the key concepts related to the study of vegetation and animal distributions and the human impact on these distributions.

Autor

Glen MacDonald is the author of Biogeography: Introduction to Space, Time, and Life, published by Wiley.

Inhalt

Preface. 1. An Introduction.

2. Some Basics.

3. Physical Environment and the Distribution of Life.

4. Biological Interactions and the Distribution of Life.

5. Disturbance and Succession.

6. Communities, Formations and Biomes.

7. Changing Continents and Climates.

8. Dispersal, Colonization and Invasion.

9. Evolution, Speciation and Extinction.

10. Realms, Regions and Provinces: The Biogeographic Subdivisions of the Earth.

11. Evolution, Extinction and the Human Story.

12. Biogeography and Modern Biodiversity.

13. Biogeography Distributions and Reconstructing of the History of Life.

14. Biogeography and Conservation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.3.2002
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 262 mm
• Gewicht: 1040 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• ISBN-10: 0-471-24193-8 / 0471241938
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-24193-5 / 9780471241935
• Zustand: Neuware