Comparative Biogeography: Discovering and Classifying Biogeographical Patterns of a Dynamic EarthTo unravel the complex shared history of the Earth and its life forms, biogeographers analyze patterns of biodiversity, species distribution, and geological history. So far, the field of biogeography has been fragmented into divergent systematic and evolutionary approaches, with no overarching or unifying research theme or method. In this text, Lynne Parenti and Malte Ebach address this discord and outline comparative tools to unify biogeography. Rooted in phylogenetic systematics, this comparative biogeographic approach offers a comprehensive empirical framework for discovering and deciphering the patterns and processes of the distribution of life on Earth. The authors cover biogeography from its fundamental ideas to the most effective ways to implement them. Real-life examples illustrate concepts and problems, including the first comparative biogeographical analysis of the Indo-West Pacific, an introduction to biogeographical concepts rooted in the earth sciences, and the integration of phylogeny, evolution and earth history. |
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Table des matières
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6 Biogeographic Methods and Applications | 119 |
8 Geology and Comparative Biogeography | 191 |
9 Implementing Principles | 213 |
10 The Future of Biogeography | 239 |
Glossary | 251 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 281 |
Untitled | 293 |
Species and Systematics | 295 |
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Africa ancestral area area classification area homologs area relationships areagram areagrams and TACs areas of endemism artificial assumptions AU5 AU5 AU5 Australia biogeographic biogeographic analysis Biogeographic maps biogeographic methods biogeographic patterns biological biota biotic areas Candolle center of origin Chapter cichlids clades cladistic cladogram comparative biogeography components conflict contain Croizat Cyprinodontiformes defined definition discover distribution patterns Earth history Ebach ecological endemic areas evolutionary explain explanatory extinction field Figure find first fish fishes fossil geographic paralogy geographical congruence geological global Gondwana habitat Halobates hierarchical hypotheses identified includes Indo-West Pacific inferred interpreted islands lineage Madagascar marine MASTs mechanisms minimal tree molecular monophyletic monophyly natural nodes organisms overlap Pacific Pacific Ocean panbiogeography paralogy-free subtree paraphyletic Parenti parsimony phylogenetic tree plate tectonics Platnick polytomies proposed reflect regions rock Rosen sediment South America species subtree analysis Sulu Sea systematic biogeography taxic taxon taxonomic terrane three-item water-striders
