04824nam 2200673 450 991079813770332120231110215429.01-118-96860-31-118-96859-X(CKB)3710000000615964(EBL)4452969(OCoLC)945613287(SSID)ssj0001630633(PQKBManifestationID)16377492(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001630633(PQKBWorkID)14942989(PQKB)10136886(Au-PeEL)EBL4452969(CaPaEBR)ebr11175570(CaONFJC)MIL909446(MiAaPQ)EBC4452969(MiAaPQ)EBC7104296(Au-PeEL)EBL7104296(EXLCZ)99371000000061596420160126d2016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiogeography an ecological and evolutionary approach /C. Barry Cox, Richard Ladle, Peter D. MooreNinth edition.Chichester, UK ;Hoboken, NJ :John Wiley & Sons,2016.1 online resource (776 p.)New York Academy of Sciences Description based upon print version of record.1-118-96858-1 1-118-96857-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ReferencesSection 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; ReferencesChapter 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 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 HypothesisDynamic 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 SpeciesA 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 RakataFurther ReadingNew York Academy of Sciences BiogeographyBiogeography.577.2/2Cox C. Barry(Christopher Barry),1931-63626Ladle Richard J.Moore Peter D.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798137703321Biogeography373867UNINA