Historical Biogeography : An Introduction / Jorge V. Crisci, Paula Posadas, Liliana Katinas.
Crisci, Jorge V., author.; Katinas, Liliana, author.; Posadas, Paula, author.
2021
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Title Historical Biogeography : An Introduction / Jorge V. Crisci, Paula Posadas, Liliana Katinas.
Author Crisci, Jorge V., author.
ISBN 9780674030046
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674030046
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Copyright ©2003
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (262 p.)
Item Number 10.4159/9780674030046 doi
Alternate Call Number RB 10486
Dewey Decimal Classification 578/.09
Summary Though biogeography may be simply defined--the study of the geographic distributions of organisms--the subject itself is extraordinarily complex, involving a range of scientific disciplines and a bewildering diversity of approaches. For convenience, biogeographers have recognized two research traditions: ecological biogeography and historical biogeography. This book makes sense of the profound revolution that historical biogeography has undergone in the last two decades, and of the resulting confusion over its foundations, basic concepts, methods, and relationships to other disciplines of comparative biology. Using case studies, the authors explain and illustrate the fundamentals and the most frequently used methods of this discipline. They show the reader how to tell when a historical biogeographic approach is called for, how to decide what kind of data to collect, how to choose the best method for the problem at hand, how to perform the necessary calculations, how to choose and apply a computer program, and how to interpret results.
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Added Author Katinas, Liliana, author.
Posadas, Paula, author.
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Frontmatter
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY?
I METHODS IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
1 DISTRIBUTION AREAS AND AREAS OF ENDEMISM
2 CENTER OF ORIGIN AND DISPERSAL
3 PHYLOGENETIC BIOGEOGRAPHY
4 ANCESTRAL AREAS
5 PANBIOGEOGRAPHY
6 CLADISTIC BIOGEOGRAPHY
7 PARSIMONY ANALYSIS OF ENDEMICITY
8 EVENT-BASED METHODS
9 PHYLOGEOGRAPHY
10 EXPERIMENTAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
11 A COMPARISON OF METHODS: THE CASE OF THE SOUTHERN BEECHES
II TOPICS IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
12 MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES IN BIOGEOGRAPHY
13 BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION EVALUATIONS
14 SPECIES INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSION: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE
APPENDIX A: PHYLOGENY
APPENDIX B: SOFTWARE IN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
WORKS CITED
INDEX

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