Biogeography : an ecological and evolutionary approach / C. Barry Cox, Richard Ladle, Peter D. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, C. Barry (Christopher Barry), 1931- author.

Ladle, Richard J., author.

Moore, Peter D., author.

Series:

New York Academy of Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biogeography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (776 p.)

Edition:

Ninth edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through 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.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The History of Biogeography; Lessons from the Past; Ecological versus Historical Biogeography, and Plants versus Animals; Biogeography and Creation; The Distribution of Life Today; Evolution - a Flawed and Dangerous Idea!; Enter Darwin - and Wallace; World Maps: Biogeographical Regions of Plants and Animals; Getting around the World; The Origins of Modern Historical Biogeography; The Development of Ecological Biogeography; Living Together; Marine Biogeography; Island Biogeography; Biogeography Today; Further Reading; References

Section I: The Challenge of ExistingChapter 2: Patterns of Distribution: Finding a Home; Limits of Distribution; The Niche; Overcoming the Barriers; Climatic Limits: The Palms; A Successful Family: The Daisies (Asteraceae); Patterns among Plovers; Magnolias: Evolutionary Relicts; The Strange Case of the Testate Amoeba; Climatic Relicts; Topographical Limits and Endemism; Physical Limits; Species Interaction: A Case of the Blues; Competition; Reducing Competition; Predators and Prey, Parasites and Hosts; Migration; Invasion; Further Reading; References

Chapter 3: Communities and Ecosystems: Living TogetherThe Community; The Ecosystem; Ecosystems and Species Diversity; Biotic Assemblages on a Global Scale; Mountain Biomes; Global Patterns of Climate; Climate Diagrams; Modelling Biomes and Climate; Further Reading; References; Chapter 4: Patterns of Biodiversity; How Many Species are There?; Latitudinal Gradients of Diversity; Is Evolution Faster in the Tropics?; The Legacy of Glaciation; Latitude and Species Ranges; Diversity and Altitude; Biodiversity Hotspots; Diversity in Space and Time; Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

Dynamic Biodiversity and Neutral TheoryFurther Reading; References; Section II: The Engines of the Planet; Chapter 5: Plate Tectonics; The Evidence for Plate Tectonics; Changing Patterns of Continents; How Plate Tectonics affects the Living World, Part I: Events on Land; How Plate Tectonics affects the Living World, Part II: Events in the Oceans; Islands and Plate Tectonics; Terranes; Further Reading; References; Chapter 6: Evolution, the Source of Novelty; The Mechanism of Evolution: The Genetic System; From Populations to Species; Sympatry versus Allopatry; Defining the Species

A Case Study: Darwin's FinchesControversies and Evolution; Charting the Course of Evolution; Further Reading; References; Section III: Island Biogeography; Chapter 7: Life, Death and Evolution on Islands; Types of Island; Getting There: The Challenges of Arriving; Dying There: Problems of Survival; Adapting and Evolving; The Hawaiian Islands; Integrating the Data: The Theory of Island Biogeography; Modifying the Theory; The General Dynamic Model for Oceanic Island Biogeography; Nestedness; Living Together: Incidence and Assembly Rules; Building an Ecosystem: The History of Rakata

Further Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118968604

1118968603

9781118968598

111896859X

OCLC:

945613287