Historical Biogeography, Plate Tectonics, and the Changing Environment
Author: Arthur James Boucot
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Published: 1976
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Published: 1979
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jane Gray
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 522
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jane Gray
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780870711763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jane Gray
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 524
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J.C. Briggs
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1987-08-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0080868517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne needs to look at only a small portion of the enormous literature on plate tectonics published in the last 15 years to realize that there are many differences between the various reconstructions that have been presented. It becomes obvious that, although there is a general agreement about the presence of an assembly of continents (a Pangaea) in the early Mesozoic, there is considerable disagreement among earth scientists as to the configurement of the assembly and the manner and timing of the subsequent dispersal. While the revolution in geophysics was taking place, systematic work in paleontology and neontology was being carried out. This book is an attempt to incorporate the biological evidence into the theory of plate tectonics. The author traces the changing relationships among the various biogeographic regions and demonstrates how such changes may often be correlated with the gradual geographic alteration of the earth's surface. He analyses recent information about the distribution of widespread groups of terrestrial and freshwater vertebrates, invertebrates and plants, and discusses the biogeographical effects of the movement of oceanic plates. It is particularly important to obtain dependable information about certain critical times in the history of continental relationships. We need to know when the terrestrial parts of the earth were broken apart and when they were joined together. The present investigation makes it clear that we cannot depend entirely on evidence from plate tectonics nor will purely biological evidence suffice. This book thus provides much of interest to systematists working on contemporary groups of plants and animals, paleontologists, evolutionary biologists, and professors teaching courses in biogeography.
Author: C. Barry Cox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-03-15
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 111896859X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough eight successful editions, and over nearly 40 years, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided a thorough and comprehensive exploration of the varied scientific disciplines and research that are essential to understanding the subject. The text has been praised for its solid background in historical biogeography and basic biology, that is enhanced and illuminated by discussions of current research. This new edition incorporates the exciting changes of the recent years, and presents a thoughtful exploration of the research and controversies that have transformed our understanding of the biogeography of the world. It also clearly identifies the three quite different arenas of biogeographical research: continental biogeography, island biogeography and marine biogeography. It is the only current textbook with full coverage of marine biogeography. It reveals how the patterns of life that we see today have been created by the two great Engines of the Planet - the Geological Engine, plate tectonics, which alters the conditions of life on the planet, and the Biological Engine, evolution, which responds to these changes by creating new forms and patterns of life.
Author: Howard Mielke
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9401164991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsight into universal nature provides an intellectual life? Why are so many plants and animals, especially delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and freshwater species, at risk of extinction? These are a few no evil can destroy. of the questions that have intrigued observers of nature Alexander von Humboldt, 1805 and the Earth. By studying the Earth's patterns of life, students of biogeography ultimately ponder some of the ... on that small spot, that little blue and white thing, most basic questions about life and the cosmos. is everything that means anything to you - all of history and music and poetry and art and death and birth and love, tears, joy, games, all of it on that little Historical roots of biogeography spot out there that you can cover with your thumb. The topic of biogeography has its roots in the work of And you realize from that perspective that you've Alexander von Humboldt, the recognized father of plant changed, that there's something new there, that the geography (Detwyler 1969, Browne 1983). From its relationship is no longer what it was.
Author: Malte C. Ebach
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2006-11-01
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1420007971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHampered 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. Drawin
Author: Naomi Oreskes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 0195117336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.