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9780415323475

Fundamentals of Biogeography

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415323475

  • ISBN10:

    0415323479

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2004-09-02
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Fundamentals of Biogeographyoffers a fresh, up-to-date introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography and history of animals and plants. The book defines and examines populations, communities and ecosystems - examining where different animals and plants live and how they came to be living there, investigating how populations grow, interact and survive, how equilibrium communities are formed and how communities change, and predicting the shape of communities in the twenty-first century. Fundamentals of Biogeographypresents an engaging introduction for students and all those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the key topics and debates within the fields of biogeography, ecology and the environment.

Author Biography

Richard John Huggett is a Reader in Geography at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface ix
Author's preface to the second edition xi
Author's preface to the first edition xiii
Acknowledgements xv
PART I INTRODUCING BIOGEOGRAPHY
1(68)
What is Biogeography?
3(7)
Biogeographical Processes I: Speciation, Diversification, and Extinction
10(26)
Biogeographical Processes II: Dispersal
36(11)
Biogeographical Patterns: Distributions
47(22)
PART II ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
69(222)
Habitats, Environments, and Niches
71(14)
Climate and Life
85(21)
Substrate and Life
106(19)
Topography and Life
125(19)
Disturbance
144(16)
Populations
160(27)
Interacting Populations
187(30)
Communities
217(37)
Community Change
254(37)
PART III HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
291(48)
Dispersal and Diversification in the Distant Past
293(12)
Vicariance in the Distant Past
305(11)
Past Community Change
316(23)
PART IV CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY
339(38)
Conserving Species and Populations
341(14)
Conserving Communities and Ecosystems
355(22)
Appendix: the geological timescale 377(2)
Glossary 379(10)
References 389(35)
Index 424

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