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1 online resource (xvii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Developments in palaeontology and stratigraphy ; 14 |
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Developments in palaeontology and stratigraphy ; 14.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-426) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- 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 Mesozoic -- Cretaceous -- 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 speciation -- Indo-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 sea -- Global diversity -- Latitudinal gradients -- Vertical gradients -- Longitudinal gradients -- Diversity and conservation -- Summary -- Chapter 14. Epilogue -- References -- Appendix: Biogeographer's maps -- Subject Index -- Geologic Time Scale -- Last Page. |
| Summary |
This book significantly expands the coverage of this subject given by its predecessor Biogeography and Plate Tectonics (1987). <IT>Global Biogeography</IT> 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 was previously thought. This is shown to be true for all three of the earth's primary habitats; marine, terrestrial and freshwater (as is clearly demonstrated in this volume). The book is splendidly illustrated with 122 text figures, an extensive bibliography, index, together with a set of biogeographic maps illustrating continental and terrain outlines from the mid-Cambrian to the Recent. University students (both advanced undergraduate and graduate level) will find it an excellent text book. For professionals in Biogeography this is a convenient reference work. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Biogeography.
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Paleobiogeography.
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Biodiversity.
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Biogéographie.
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Paléobiogéographie.
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Biodiversité.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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Biodiversity
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Biogeography
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Paleobiogeography
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| Indexed Term |
Biogeography |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Briggs, John C. Global biogeography. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995 0444882979 9780444882974 (DLC) 95030597 (OCoLC)32738373 |
| ISBN |
0444882979 |
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9780444882974 |
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0080532543 (ebook) |
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9780080532547 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000043727582 |
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DEBBG BV042309159 |
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DEBSZ 367772558 |
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DEBSZ 482440414 |
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NZ1 12432779 |
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NZ1 15595663 |
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