Biogeography, (3^rd Ed.)

Starting from simple facts and principles and assuming only a rudimentary knowledge of biology, geography, and Earth history, the updated and revised text explains the relationships between geographic variation in biodiversity and the geological, ecological, and evolutionary processes that have produced them. Written in an engaging style, Biogeography emphasizes the interplay between unifying concepts and presents evidence that supports or challenges these concepts.

INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE. The Science of Biogeography. The History of Biogeography. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND BASIC BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS. Physical Setting-The Geographic Template. Distributions of Single Species-Ecological Foundations. The Geography of Communities. EARTH HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROCESSES (HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES). Dispersal/Immigration. Speciation and Extinction. The Changing Earth. Climate Change and Biogeography of the Pleistocene. EVOLUTION, HISTORY OF BIOTAS AND LINEAGES. Geography of Diversification. The History of Lineages. The History of Earth and Its Biotas. ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY. Island Biogeography: Patterns in Species Richness. Assembly and Evolution of Insular Communities. Geographic Gradients in Diversity across Continents and Ocean Basins. Ecogeography, Areography and Macroecology. CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY AND NEW FRONTIERS. Biodiversity and the Geography of Extinctions. Conservation Biogeography and the Biogeography of Humanity. Frontiers of Biogeography