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Cox C. Barry (Christopher Barry), <1931-> |
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Biogeography : an ecological and evolutionary approach / / C. Barry Cox, Richard Ladle, Peter D. Moore |
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Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2016 |
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1-118-96860-3 |
1-118-96859-X |
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Edizione |
[Ninth edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (776 p.) |
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Collana |
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New York Academy of Sciences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The History of Biogeography; 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: 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 ExistingChapter 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 Interaction: 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 TogetherThe 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 |
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Reading; References; Chapter 4: Patterns of 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; Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis |
Dynamic Biodiversity and Neutral TheoryFurther 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 affects the Living World, Part I: Events on Land; How Plate Tectonics affects the Living World, Part II: Events in the Oceans; Islands and Plate Tectonics; Terranes; Further Reading; References; Chapter 6: Evolution, the Source of Novelty; The Mechanism of Evolution: The Genetic System; From Populations to Species; Sympatry versus Allopatry; Defining the Species |
A Case Study: Darwin's FinchesControversies and Evolution; Charting the Course of Evolution; Further Reading; References; Section III: Island Biogeography; Chapter 7: Life, Death and Evolution on Islands; Types of Island; Getting There: The Challenges of Arriving; Dying There: 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 |
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