Starting from simple facts and principles and assuming only a rudimentary knowledge of biology, geography, and Earth history, the updated and revised text explains the relationships between geographic variation in biodiversity and the geological, ecological, and evolutionary processes that have produced them. Written in an engaging style, Biogeography emphasizes the interplay between unifying concepts and presents evidence that supports or challenges these concepts.
Content:
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE
The Science of Biogeography
The History of Biogeography
UNIT 2: THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND BASIC BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS
Physical Setting-The Geographic Template
Distributions of Single Species-Ecological Foundations
The Geography of Communities
UNIT 3: EARTH HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROCESSES (HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES)
Dispersal/Immigration
Speciation and Extinction
The Changing Earth
Climate Change and Biogeography of the Pleistocene
UNIT 4: EVOLUTION, HISTORY OF BIOTAS AND LINEAGES
Geography of Diversification
The History of Lineages
The History of Earth and Its Biotas
UNIT 5: ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
Island Biogeography: Patterns in Species Richness
Assembly and Evolution of Insular Communities
Geographic Gradients in Diversity across Continents and Ocean Basins
Ecogeography, Areography and Macroecology
UNIT 6: CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY AND NEW FRONTIERS
Biodiversity and the Geography of Extinctions
Conservation Biogeography and the Biogeography of Humanity
Frontiers of Biogeography
Content:
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE
The Science of Biogeography
The History of Biogeography
UNIT 2: THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND BASIC BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS
Physical Setting-The Geographic Template
Distributions of Single Species-Ecological Foundations
The Geography of Communities
UNIT 3: EARTH HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROCESSES (HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES)
Dispersal/Immigration
Speciation and Extinction
The Changing Earth
Climate Change and Biogeography of the Pleistocene
UNIT 4: EVOLUTION, HISTORY OF BIOTAS AND LINEAGES
Geography of Diversification
The History of Lineages
The History of Earth and Its Biotas
UNIT 5: ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
Island Biogeography: Patterns in Species Richness
Assembly and Evolution of Insular Communities
Geographic Gradients in Diversity across Continents and Ocean Basins
Ecogeography, Areography and Macroecology
UNIT 6: CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY AND NEW FRONTIERS
Biodiversity and the Geography of Extinctions
Conservation Biogeography and the Biogeography of Humanity
Frontiers of Biogeography