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" Biogeography / "
James H. Brown, Mark V. Lomolino.
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BL
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983566
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b737936
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Brown, James H.,1942 September 25-
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Biogeography /\ James H. Brown, Mark V. Lomolino.
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2nd ed.
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Sunderland, Mass. :: Sinauer Associates,, ©1998.
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xii, 691 pages :: illustrations, maps (some color) ;; 29 cm
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0878930736
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: 9780878930739
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Colored map of the Antarctica on endpapers.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-673) and index.
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| Contents
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The science of biogeography -- The history of biogeography -- The physical setting -- Distributions of single species -- The distribution of communities -- The changing earth -- Claciation and biogeographic dynamics of the pleistocene -- Speciation and extinction -- Dispersal -- Endemis, provincialism, and disjunction -- The history of lineages -- Reconstructing biogeographic histories -- Island biogeography: patterns in species richness -- Island biogeography; patterns in the assembly and evolution of insular communities -- Species diversity in continental and marine habitats -- Continental patterns and processes --The status of biodiversity -- applied biogeography: single species -- Biogeography for the Twenty-first Century.
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| Abstract
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The new edition of this textbook first published in 1983 has been completely rewritten and reorganized. Intended for courses in biogeogrpahy, zoogeography, and phytogeography, it integrates historical and ecological approaches to offer broad coverage of the discipline of biogeography. Arrangement is in units covering an introduction to the discipline, the environmental and historical setting, historical patterns and processes, contemporary patterns and processes, and conservation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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Biogeography.
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Conservation of Natural Resources.
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Ecology.
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Ecosystem.
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Biogeography.
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Biogéographie.
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42.90 ecology: general.
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Biogeografie
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Biogeography.
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Biogeography.
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Biogeografie.
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578/.09
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QH84.B76 1998
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42.90bcl
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RB 10486rvk
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RB 10489rvk
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WI 6001rvk
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Lomolino, Mark V.,1953-
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