Scuola democratica : learning for democracy

• Record Nr.: UNICASLO11444696
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano, : Guerini e associati, 2010
• ISSN: 1129-731X
• Descrizione fisica: . - v. ; 24 cm
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico
• Note generali: Quadrimestrale; Dal 1/2013 l'editore varia: Il mulino.

Global biogeography / / John C. Briggs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004699303321
• Autore: Briggs John C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier, 1995
• ISBN: 1-281-06003-8; 9786611060039; 0-08-053254-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (473 p.)
• Collana: Developments in palaeontology and stratigraphy ; ; 14
• Disciplina: 574.9
• Soggetti: Biogeography; Paleobiogeography; Biodiversity
• 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. 395-426) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Global Biogeography; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. History of the science; In the beginning; 19th century; 20th century; The advent of continental drift; The rise of ; vicarianism; The present work; PART A - HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY; Chapter 2. Precambrian and Early Paleozoic; Precambrian; Cambrian period; Ordovician period; End-Ordovician extinction; Summary; Chapter 3. Later Paleozoic; Silurian; Devonian; Frasnian extinction; Carboniferous-Permian; End-Permian extinction; Summary; Chapter 4. Early Mesozoic; Triassic; Jurassic; Summary; Chapter 5. Late MesozoicCretaceous; Marine patterns; Terrestrial patterns; Cretaceous extinctions; Summary; Chapter 6. Paleogene; Paleocene; Eocene; Oligocene; Summary; Chapter 7. Neogene; Miocene; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Summary; Chapter 8. Historic extinctions; Historical development; Tempo of the extinctions; Scope of the extinctions; Effects on global species diversity; A common cause?; Biogeography and evolution; Conclusions; PART B - CONTEMPORARY BIOGEOGRAPHY; Chapter 9. Marine patterns, Part I; Latitudinal zones; Indo-West Pacific region; The East Indies: a center of origin?; Modes of speciationIndo-West Pacific subdivisions; Eastern Pacific region; Western Atlantic region; Eastern Atlantic region; Relationships of the tropical shelf regions; Latitudinal barriers; Summary; Chapter 10. Marine patterns, Part 2; Warm-temperate regions; Cold-temperate regions; The cold (polar) regions; The Pelagic realm; Deep Benthic realm; Summary; Chapter 11. Terrestrial patterns; Introduction; Animals; Plants; Summary; Chapter 12. Significant patterns; Antitropical distributions; Marine environment; Terrestrial environment; Discussion; Island life; Summary; Chapter 13. Species diversity: land and seaGlobal diversity; Latitudinal gradients; Vertical gradients; Longitudinal gradients; Diversity and conservation; Summary; Chapter 14. Epilogue; References; Appendix: Biogeographer's maps; Subject Index; Geologic Time Scale
• Sommario/riassunto: This book significantly expands the coverage of this subject given by its predecessor Biogeography and Plate Tectonics (1987). Global Biogeography traces global changes in geography and biology from the Precambrian to the Recent (with worldwide coverage in chronological order); examines the evolutionary effects of the major extinctions, and discusses contemporary biogeographic regions within the context of their historic origins. It is now apparent that the biotas of the various biogeographical regions have had, and still maintain, a dynamic relationship with one another; much more than