Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gower, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine diversity, but it also faces the most intense challenges of the current global biodiversity crisis. Providing reviews, syntheses and results of the latest research into Southeast Asian earth and organismal history, this book investigates the history, present and future of the fauna and flora of this bio- and geodiverse region. Leading authorities in the field explore key topics including palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, biogeography, population genetics and conservation biology, illustrating research approaches and themes with spatially, taxonomically and methodologically focused case studies. The volume also presents methodological advances in population genetics and historical biogeography. Exploring the fascinating environmental and biotic histories of Southeast Asia, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers as well as environmental NGOs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139539708
• Artikelnr.: 52854910

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword Tony Whitten; Preface; 1. Introduction D. J.
Gower, K. G. Johnson, J. E. Richardson, B. R. Rosen, L. Rüber and S. T.
Williams; 2. Wallace, Darwin and Southeast Asia: the real field site of
evolution J. Van Wyhe; 3. Sundaland and Wallacea: geology, plate tectonics
and palaeogeography R. Hall; 4. A review of the Cenozoic palaeoclimate
history of Southeast Asia R. J. Morley; 5. Quaternary dynamics of Sundaland
forests C. H. Cannon; 6. The Malesian floristic interchange: plant
migration patterns across Wallace's Line J. E. Richardson, C. M. Costion
and A. N. Muellner; 7. Biogeography and distribution patterns of Southeast
Asian palms W. J. Baker and T. L. P. Couvreur; 8. Historical biogeography
inference in Malesia C. O. Webb and R. Ree; 9. Biodiversity hotspots,
evolution and coral reef biogeography: a review D. R. Bellwood, W. Renema
and B. R. Rosen; 10. Tsunami impacts in the marine environment: review and
results from studies in Thailand G. L. J. Paterson, M. A. Kendall, C.
Aryuthaka, N. J. Evans, Y. Monthum, C. Jittanoon, P. Campbell, L. R. Noble
and K. M. O'Neill; 11. Coalescent-based analysis of demography:
applications to biogeography on Sulawesi B. J. Evans; 12. Aquatic
biodiversity hotspots in Wallacea - the species flocks in the ancient lakes
of Sulawesi, Indonesia T. Von Rintelen, K. Von Rintelen, M. Glaubrecht, C.
D. Schubart and F. Herder; 13. Molecular biogeography and phylogeography of
the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago M. De Bruyn, T. Von
Rintelen, K. Von Rintelen, P. B. Mather and G. R. Carvalho; 14. Patterns of
biodiversity discovery through time: an historical analysis of amphibian
species discoveries in the Southeast Asian mainland and adjacent island
archipelagos R. M. Brown and B. L. Stuart; 15. Wildlife trade as an
impediment to conservation as exemplified by the trade in reptiles in
Southeast Asia V. Nijman, M. Todd and C. R. Shepherd; 16. The tropical peat
swamps of Southeast Asia: human impacts on biodiversity, hydrology and
carbon dynamics S. Page, A. Hooijer, J. Rieley, C. Banks and A. Hoscilo;
17. Southeast Asian biodiversity crisis D. Bickford, S. Poo and M. C. Posa;
Index.