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Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics
Michael Heads
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Description for Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics
Hardback. Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. This title discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar, and overlapping clades in South America, Africa, and Asia. Series: Species and Systematics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 106 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QMT; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integrating Earth history and biogeography, "Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics" is an alternative view of distributional history in which groups are older than suggested by fossils and fossil-calibrated molecular clocks. The author discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar, and overlapping clades in South America, Africa, and Asia. The book concludes with a critique of adaptation ... Read more
Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integrating Earth history and biogeography, "Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics" is an alternative view of distributional history in which groups are older than suggested by fossils and fossil-calibrated molecular clocks. The author discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar, and overlapping clades in South America, Africa, and Asia. The book concludes with a critique of adaptation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
Species and Systematics
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520271968
SKU
V9780520271968
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About Michael Heads
Michael Heads is a former Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the University of the South Pacific. He is now an independent scholar living in New Zealand.
Reviews for Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics
"[A] marvel... [Heads's] writing guides the reader to crisp understanding... It should be widely read." Systematic Biology "This book is a very interesting contribution to evolutionary biogeography." Qtly Review Of Biology "[An] important book and subject."
Brenden S. Holland, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii Frontiers Of Biogeography "[A] marvel... [Heads's] writing guides the reader to crisp understanding... ... Read more
Brenden S. Holland, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii Frontiers Of Biogeography "[A] marvel... [Heads's] writing guides the reader to crisp understanding... ... Read more