Panbiogeography

Tracking the History of Life

Robin C. Craw, John R. Grehan, Michael J. Heads (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

238 Seiten

1999
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-507441-3 (ISBN)

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Panbiogeography is a theoretical approach to biogeography, related to vicariance or cladistic biogeography. This work seeks to present a synthesis of the sciences of plant and animal distribution, bringing geology, ecology and tectonics, and a model integrating biogeographic processes.

Biogeography focuses on the distribution of plants and animals at different taxonomic levels, past and present. It also places emphasis on the ecological character of world vegetation types, and on the evolving relationship between humans and their environment. Panbiogeography describes a new synthesis of current research, with the authors showing how geographical patterns of animal and plant distribution contribute directly to understanding and interpreting evolutionary history.

1. Introduction: What is Panbiogeography?; 2. Life as Geological Layer: Panbiogeography and the Earth Sciences; 3. Mapping the Trees of Life: Panbiogeography, Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolutionary Processes; 4. Tracking the Trees of Life: Lines, Map, and Matrix; 5. Towards a New Regional Biogeography: The Revival of Biogeographical Classification; 6. Tracks, Nodes, Biodiversity and Conservation; 7. Glossary

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.1999
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Biogeography S. ; No.12
Zusatzinfo	numerous line drawings
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	559 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-19-507441-6 / 0195074416
ISBN-13	978-0-19-507441-3 / 9780195074413
Zustand	Neuware