Neotropical Biogeography Regionalization and Evolution CRC Biogeography Series
Auteur : Morrone Juan J.
Neotropical Biogeography: Regionalization and Evolution presents the most comprehensive single-source treatment of the Neotropical region derived from evolutionary biogeographic studies. The book provides a biogeographic regionalization based on distributional patterns of plant and animal taxa, discusses biotic relationships drawn from track and cladistic biogeographic analyses, and identifies cenocrons (subsets of taxa within biotas identified by their common origin and evolutionary history). It includes maps, area cladograms and vegetation profiles.
The aim of this reference is to provide a biogeographic regionalization that can be used by graduate students, researchers and other professionals concerned with understanding and describing distributional patterns of plants and animals in the Neotropical region. It covers the 53 biogeographic provinces of the Neotropical region that are classified into the Antillean, Brazilian and Chacoan subregions, and the Mexican and South American transition zones.
List of Figures
Preface
Author
Chapter 1 Theoretical Background
Chapter 2 Historical Background
Chapter 3 The Neotropical Region
Chapter 4 The Mexican Transition Zone
Chapter 5 The Antillean Subregion
Chapter 6 The Brazilian Subregion
Chapter 7 The Chacoan Subregion
Chapter 8 The South American Transition Zone
Epilogue
References
Index
Juan J. Morrone is full professor of Biogeography, Systematics and Comparative Biology at the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico. He works on phylogenetic systematics of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and evolutionary biogeography and regionalization of the Neotropical and Andean regions.
He joined the Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera" of the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico in 1998, after working for some years at the Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina, where he obtained his PhD degree. He is Member of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, Fellow of the Willi Hennig Society, and Research Associate of the American Museum of Natural History and the Buffalo Museum of Science. He has authored 270 scientific papers and authored or edited 29 books on evolutionary biogeography, phylogenetic systematics, biogeographic regionalization, biodiversity conservation and evolution.
Date de parution : 03-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 04-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Neotropical Biogeography :
Mots-clés :
General Area Cladogram; Cladistic Biogeographic Analyses; Animal ecology and taxonomy; Characteristic Taxa; Plant ecology and taxonomy; Area Cladogram; Biotic distributons; Biotic Relationships; Latin America taxonomy; Neotropical Regions; Paleogeography; Taxon Area Cladograms; Species diversification; Sierra Madre Oriental; Eocene Oligocene Transition; Balsas Basin; Sierra Madre Occidental; Biogeographic Regionalization; Nearctic Region; Endemic Taxa; Tropical Humid Forests; Bird Taxa; Molecular Divergence Dating; Overwater Dispersal; Zoogeographic Regionalization; Evolutionary Biogeography; Volcanic Belt; Greater Antilles; Supraspecific Taxa; Phytogeographic Regionalization; Chaco Province