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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455157503321

Autore

Crisci Jorge Víctor

Titolo

Historical biogeography [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Jorge V. Crisci, Liliana Katinas, Paula Posadas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-03004-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Classificazione

RB 10486

Altri autori (Persone)

KatinasLiliana

PosadasPaula

Disciplina

578/.09

Soggetti

Biogeography - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents ; Introduction: What Is Historical Biogeography?; I. Methods in Historical Biogeography ; 1. Distribution Areas and Areas of Endemism; 2. Center of Origin and Dispersal; 3. Phylogenetic Biogeography; 4. Ancestral Areas; 5. Panbiogeography; 6. Cladistic Biogeography; 7. Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity; 8. Event-Based Methods; 9. Phylogeography; 11. A Comparison of Methods: The Case of the Southern Beeches; II. Topics in Historical Biogeography; 12. Molecular Phylogenies in Biogeography; 13. Biodiversity and Conservation Evaluations; 14. Species Introduction

Conclusion: A Conceptual Framework for the FutureAppendix A: Phylogeny; Appendix B: Software in Historical Biogeography; Glossary; Works Cited; Index