Biogeography in a Changing World

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Malte C. Ebach, Raymond S. Tangney
CRC Press, Nov 1, 2006 - Nature - 232 pages
Hampered by a confusing plethora of approaches and methods, biogeography is often treated as an adjunct to other areas of study. The first book to fully define this rapidly emerging subdiscipline, Biogeography in a Changing World elucidates the principles of biogeography and paves the way for its evolution into a stand-alone field.

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Contents

Trees That Bite and Their Geographical Dimension
1
Chapter 2 Common Cause and Historical Biogeography
61
The TransOceanic Travels of Microseris Angiosperms Asteraceae
83
Chapter 4 Biotic Element Analysis and Vicariance Biogeography
95
The Importance of Understanding Process for Interpreting Island Biogeographic Patterns
117
Integrating Patterns Processes and Time
135
Investigating the Biogeographic Histories of Populations Species and Young Biotas
161
Chapter 8 Are Plate Tectonic Explanations for TransPacific Disjunctions Plausible? Empirical Tests of Radical Dispersalist Theories
177
Index
199
Systematics Association Publications
209
Back cover
215
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