Historical Biogeography : : An Introduction /

Historical Biogeography : : An Introduction / / Jorge V. Crisci, Paula Posadas, Liliana Katinas.

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Though biogeography may be simply defined--the study of the geographic distributions of organisms--the subject itself is extraordinarily complex, involving a range of scientific disciplines and a bewildering diversity of approaches. For convenience, biogeographers have recognized two research tradit...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Crisci, Jorge V.,
Katinas, Liliana,
Posadas, Paula,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
©2003
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (262 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY?
  • I METHODS IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 1 DISTRIBUTION AREAS AND AREAS OF ENDEMISM
  • 2 CENTER OF ORIGIN AND DISPERSAL
  • 3 PHYLOGENETIC BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 4 ANCESTRAL AREAS
  • 5 PANBIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 6 CLADISTIC BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 7 PARSIMONY ANALYSIS OF ENDEMICITY
  • 8 EVENT-BASED METHODS
  • 9 PHYLOGEOGRAPHY
  • 10 EXPERIMENTAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 11 A COMPARISON OF METHODS: THE CASE OF THE SOUTHERN BEECHES
  • II TOPICS IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 12 MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES IN BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • 13 BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION EVALUATIONS
  • 14 SPECIES INTRODUCTION
  • CONCLUSION: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE
  • APPENDIX A: PHYLOGENY
  • APPENDIX B: SOFTWARE IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
  • GLOSSARY
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX

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