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Subject(s)

• Biogeography [Browse]
• Plate tectonics [Browse]
• Evolution (Biology) [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-206) and index.

Contents

Galápagan epiphany : how the distribution of plants and animals led Darwin to the theory of evolution -- The Mesosaurus problem : how fossil locations helped revolutionized our view of earth history -- Pygmy mammoths and mysterious islands : why the geography of certain island groups, like Hawaii, Galápagos, and the Channel Islands, has turned them into a cauldron of evolutionary catalysts -- The volcanic ring that changed the world : how evolution and plate tectonics have operated in concert to govern the major biotic patterns and produce the Earth's most fascinating creatures in the most exotic locales -- The bloody fall of South America and the last of the Triassic beak-headed reptiles : South America, Australia, and New Zealand as sanctuaries for "living fossils" -- Enchanted waters : biogeography among the life aquatic -- The battle over Eden : the controversy over the biogeographical history of the human race -- The grand coalescence of life and earth : the past, present, and future of biogeography.

ISBN

• 9780199542468 :
• 0199542465

LCCN

2009024516

OCLC

428436665

RCP

N - S