BiogeographyBiogeography, Second Edition combines ecological and historical perspectives to show how contemporary environments, earth history, and evolutionary processes have shaped the distributions of species and the patterns of biodiversity. It illustrates general patterns and processes using examples from different groups of plants and animals from diverse habitats and geographic regions. Written primarily for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in plant and/or animal geography, the book serves as a general synthesis and reference as well. |
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Page 59
... trees and also by the dense spines and pubescence that cover the sensitive apical buds . Before they reach reproductive age , the sa- guaros grow above their nurse trees , often kill- ing the trees in the process ; but by then they are ...
... trees and also by the dense spines and pubescence that cover the sensitive apical buds . Before they reach reproductive age , the sa- guaros grow above their nurse trees , often kill- ing the trees in the process ; but by then they are ...
Page 63
... trees are unable to accumu- late sufficient energy during the growing season to reproduce . Warm temperatures are necessary for photosynthesis to produce sufficient energy above amounts required solely for maintenance that can be used ...
... trees are unable to accumu- late sufficient energy during the growing season to reproduce . Warm temperatures are necessary for photosynthesis to produce sufficient energy above amounts required solely for maintenance that can be used ...
Page 102
... trees that form a closed can- opy at 30 to 50 m . The trees are often similar , having buttressed bases and smooth , straight trunks , but the height and shape of their crowns are highly variable . Their evergreen leaves also tend to be ...
... trees that form a closed can- opy at 30 to 50 m . The trees are often similar , having buttressed bases and smooth , straight trunks , but the height and shape of their crowns are highly variable . Their evergreen leaves also tend to be ...
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adapted adaptive radiation Africa angiosperms animals aquatic areas Australasia Australia barriers biogeographic biotas biotic Cenozoic changes Chapter cies cladistic cladogram climate colonization communities competition continental continental drift continents Cretaceous desert disjunctions distributions drift eastern ecological elevation endemic environment Eocene Eurasia evolution evolutionary example extinction families fauna Figure fishes forms fossil record freshwater genera geographic ranges geologic Gondwanaland groups Guinea habitats inhabiting insects insular interactions isolated lakes land bridge landmasses latitudes limited living long-distance dispersal MacArthur Madagascar mainland major mammals marine Mesozoic migration million years BP mountain Neotropics niches North Northern Hemisphere number of species occur oceanic islands organisms origin Pacific Paleocene patterns phylogenetic plants plate Pleistocene polyploidy populations predators present radiation rain forest reconstructions regions relationships relatively Simberloff similar soil South America southern speciation species richness taxa taxon taxonomic temperate temperature terrestrial tion tropical vegetation vicariance World zone