Biogeography

Höfundar: C. Barry Cox; Richard J. Ladle; Peter D. Moore (Útgáfa: 10)
Biogeography

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Through nine successful editions, and for over 45 years, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided a thorough and comprehensive exploration of the varied scientific disciplines and research that are essential to understanding the subject. The text, noted for its clear and engaging style of writing, has been praised for its solid background in historical biogeography and basic biology, that is enhanced and illuminated by discussions of current research.

This new edition incorporates the exciting changes of the recent years and presents a thoughtful exploration of the research and controversies that have transformed our understanding of the biogeography of the world. New themes and topics in this tenth edition include: Next generation genetic technologies and their use in historical biogeography, phylogeography and population genomics Biogeographical databases and biodiversity information systems, which are becoming increasingly important for biogeographical research An introduction to functional biogeography and its applications to community assembly, diversity gradients and the analysis of ecosystem functioning Updated case studies focusing on island biogeography, using the latest phylogenetic studies Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach reveals how the patterns of life that we see today have been created by the two great Engines of the Planet: the Geological Engine, plate tectonics, which alters the conditions of life on the planet, and the Biological Engine, evolution, which responds to these changes by creating new forms and patterns of life.

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Útgefandi
Wiley Global Research (STMS)
ISBN
9781119486855
Print ISBN
9781119486312
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
10
Höfundar
C. Barry Cox; Richard J. Ladle; Peter D. Moore
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2019-11-19
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Lessons from the Past
  • Ecological versus Historical Biogeography, and Plants versus Animals
  • Biogeography and Creation
  • The Distribution of Life Today
  • Evolution – a Flawed and Dangerous Idea!
  • Enter Darwin – and Wallace
  • World Maps – the Biogeographical Regions of Plants and Animals
  • Getting Around the World
  • The Origins of Modern Historical Biogeography
  • The Development of Ecological Biogeography
  • Living Together
  • Marine Biogeography
  • Island Biogeography
  • Biogeography Today
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Section I: The Challenge of Existing
  • Chapter 2: Patterns of Distribution: Finding a Home
  • Limits of Distribution
  • The Niche
  • Overcoming the Barriers
  • Climatic Limits: The Palms
  • A Successful Family: The Daisies (Asteraceae)
  • Patterns Among Plovers
  • Magnolias: Evolutionary Relicts
  • The Strange Case of the Testate Amoeba
  • Climatic Relicts
  • Topographical Limits and Endemism
  • Physical Limits
  • Species Interactions: A Case of the Blues
  • Competition
  • Reducing Competition
  • Predators and Prey, Parasites and Hosts
  • Migration
  • Invasion
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Communities and Ecosystems: Living Together
  • The Community
  • The Ecosystem
  • Ecosystems and Species Diversity
  • Biotic Assemblages on a Global Scale
  • Mountain Biomes
  • Global Patterns of Climate
  • Climate Diagrams
  • Modelling Biomes and Climate
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Patterns of Biodiversity
  • Measuring Biodiversity: How Many Species are There?
  • Latitudinal Gradients of Diversity
  • Is Evolution Faster in the Tropics?
  • The Legacy of Glaciation
  • Latitude and Species Ranges
  • Diversity and Altitude
  • Biodiversity Hotspots
  • Diversity in Space and Time
  • The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis
  • Dynamic Biodiversity and Neutral Theory
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Section II: The Engines of the Planet
  • Chapter 5: Plate Tectonics
  • The Evidence for Plate Tectonics
  • Changing Patterns of Continents
  • How Plate Tectonics Changes the World
  • Islands and Plate Tectonics
  • Terranes
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Evolution, the Source of Novelty
  • The Origin of Novelty
  • From Populations to Species
  • Sympatry versus Allopatry
  • Defining the Species
  • Microevolution versus Macroevolution
  • Adaptive Radiations
  • Naming and Cataloguing the Living World
  • Charting the Course of Evolution
  • Morphology Gives Way to Molecules
  • Darwin’s Finches Updated
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Section III: Islands and Oceans
  • Chapter 7: Life, Death and Evolution on Islands
  • Types of Island
  • Getting There: The Challenges of Arriving
  • Dying There: The Problems of Survival
  • Adapting and Evolving
  • The Hawaiian Islands
  • Integrating the Data: The Theory of Island Biogeography
  • Modifying the Theory
  • The General Dynamic Model for Oceanic Island Biogeography
  • Nestedness
  • Living Together: Incidence and Assembly Rules
  • Building an Ecosystem: The History of Rakata
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Patterns in the Oceans
  • Zones in the Ocean and on the Sea Floor
  • Basic Biogeography of the Seas
  • The Open‐Sea Environment
  • The Ocean Floor
  • The Shallow‐Sea Environment
  • And Finally … Marine Biogeographical Realms of the World
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Section IV: Historical Biogeography
  • Chapter 9: From Evolution to Patterns of Life
  • Studying the Patterns
  • Methods of Analyzing the Patterns
  • Studying Organisms and their Molecules
  • An Integrative Approach to Historical Biogeography
  • Investigating the More Distant Past
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Geography, Life and Climates Through Time
  • Introduction
  • Early Land Life on the Moving Continents
  • Animal Life Through the Mesozoic
  • The End of the Mesozoic World
  • Climates and Plants Through Time
  • Reconstructing Plant Life and Biomes
  • Evolution of the Mammals
  • The Mesozoic Roots of the Radiation of Modern Mammals
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Patterns of Life Today
  • The Biogeographical Regions Today
  • The History of Today's Biogeographical Regions
  • The Old World Tropics: Africa, India and Southeast Asia
  • Australia
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • The West Indies
  • South America
  • The Northern Hemisphere: Holarctic Mammals and Boreal Plants
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 12: The Arrival of the Ice Ages
  • Climatic Wiggles
  • Interglacials and Interstadials
  • Biological Changes in the Pleistocene
  • The Last Glacial
  • Causes of Glaciation
  • The Current Interglacial: A False Start
  • Forests on the Move
  • The Dry Lands
  • Changing Sea Levels
  • A Time of Warmth
  • Climatic Cooling
  • Recorded History
  • Atmosphere and Oceans: Short‐Term Climate Change
  • The Future
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Section V: People and Problems
  • Chapter 13: The Human Intrusion
  • The Emergence of Humans
  • Modern Humans and the Megafaunal Extinctions
  • Plant Domestication and Agriculture
  • Animal Domestication
  • The Diversification of Homo sapiens
  • The Biogeography of Human Parasitic Diseases
  • The Environmental Impact of Early Human Cultures
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Conservation Biogeography
  • Welcome to the Anthropocene
  • The Sixth Mass Extinction?
  • Less, and Less Interesting
  • What’s Behind the Biodiversity Crisis?
  • Crisis Management: Responding to Biodiversity Loss
  • The Birth of Conservation Biogeography
  • The Scope of Conservation Biogeography
  • Conservation Biogeography in Action
  • The Future is Digital
  • Conclusions
  • Further Reading
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Supplemental Images
  • End User License Agreement