{"product_id":"biogeography-9781118968581","title":"Biogeography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The History of Biogeography 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons from the Past 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological versus Historical Biogeography, and Plants versus Animals 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiogeography and Creation 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Distribution of Life Today 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution – a Flawed and Dangerous Idea! 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnter Darwin – and Wallace 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld Maps: Biogeographical Regions of Plants and Animals 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting around the World 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Modern Historical Biogeography 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of Ecological Biogeography 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving Together 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarine Biogeography 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsland Biogeography 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiogeography Today 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION I: THE CHALLENGE OF EXISTING 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Patterns of Distribution: Finding a Home 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLimits of Distribution 37 The Niche 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOvercoming the Barriers 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimatic Limits: The Palms 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Successful Family: The Daisies (Asteraceae) 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns among Plovers 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagnolias: Evolutionary Relicts 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Strange Case of the Testate Amoeba 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimatic Relicts 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopographical Limits and Endemism 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysical Limits 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecies Interaction: A Case of the Blues 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetition 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReducing Competition 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePredators and Prey, Parasites and Hosts 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvasion 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Communities and Ecosystems: Living Together 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Community 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ecosystem 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcosystems and Species Diversity 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiotic Assemblages on a Global Scale 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMountain Biomes 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Patterns of Climate 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate Diagrams 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModelling Biomes and Climate 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Patterns of Biodiversity 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Many Species are There? 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatitudinal Gradients of Diversity 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs Evolution Faster in the Tropics? 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legacy of Glaciation 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatitude and Species Ranges 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversity and Altitude 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiodiversity Hotspots 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversity in Space and Time 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntermediate Disturbance Hypothesis 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDynamic Biodiversity and Neutral Theory 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION II: THE ENGINES OF THE PLANET 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Plate Tectonics 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Evidence for Plate Tectonics 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Patterns of Continents 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Plate Tectonics affects the Living World, Part I: Events on Land 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Plate Tectonics affects the Living World, Part II: Events in the Oceans 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslands and Plate Tectonics 162 Terranes 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Evolution, the Source of Novelty 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mechanism of Evolution: The Genetic System 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Populations to Species 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSympatry versus Allopatry 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining the Species 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Case Study: Darwin’s Finches 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControversies and Evolution 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting the Course of Evolution 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION III: ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Life, Death and Evolution on Islands 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypes of Island 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting There: The Challenges of Arriving 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDying There: Problems of Survival 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdapting and Evolving 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hawaiian Islands 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrating the Data: The Theory of Island Biogeography 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModifying the Theory 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe General Dynamic Model for Oceanic Island Biogeography 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNestedness 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving Together: Incidence and Assembly Rules 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding an Ecosystem: The History of Rakata 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION IV: PATTERNS OF LIFE 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 From Evolution to Patterns of Life 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDispersal, Vicariance and Endemism 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethods of Analysis 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvent‐Based Biogeography 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReticulate Patterns 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Molecular Approach to Historical Biogeography 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMolecules and the More Distant Past 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Patterns in the Oceans 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZones in the Ocean and on the Seafloor 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Biogeography of the Seas 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Open‐Sea Environment 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ocean Floor 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shallow‐Sea Environment 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Patterns in the Past 291\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Land Life on the Moving Continents 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne World – for a While 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiogeography of the Earliest Mammals 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly History of the Flowering Plants 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructing Early Biomes 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Setting the Scene for Today 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Biogeographical Regions Today 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Basis of Mammal Biogeography 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns of Distribution Today, I: The Mammals 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns of Distribution Today, II: The Flowering Plants 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory of Today’s Biogeographical Regions 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old World Tropics: Africa, India and South‐East Asia 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustralia 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Caledonia 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Zealand 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe West Indies 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouth America 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Northern Hemisphere: Holarctic Mammals and Boreal Plants 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Ice and Change 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimatic Wiggles 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterglacials and Interstadials 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiological Changes in the Pleistocene 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last Glacial 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauses of Glaciation 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Current Interglacial: A False Start 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForests on the Move 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dry Lands 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Sea Levels 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Time of Warmth 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimatic Cooling 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecorded History 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAtmosphere and Oceans: Short‐Term Climate Change 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Future 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION V: PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS 397\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The Human Intrusion 399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Humans 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Humans and the Megafaunal Extinctions 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlant Domestication and Agriculture 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimal Domestication 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversification of Homo sapiens 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Biogeography of Human Parasitic Diseases 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Impact of Early Human Cultures 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Conservation Biogeography 425\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Anthropocene 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLess, and Less Interesting 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is behind the Biodiversity Crisis? 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrisis Management: Responding to Biodiversity Loss 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Conservation Biogeography 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scope of Conservation Biogeography 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservation Biogeography in Action 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Future is Digital 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour plates between pages 146 and 147\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406958403927,"sku":"9781118968581","price":53.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118968581.jpg?v=1730497692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/biogeography-9781118968581","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}