Description |
xi, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Series |
Oxford biogeography series ; no. 12 |
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Oxford monographs on biogeography ; no.12
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Contents |
1. Historical biogeography -- 2. Methodological developments -- 3. The real world -- 4. A new view of the world |
Summary |
The distribution and classification of life on earth has long been of interest to biological theorists, as well as to travellers and explorers. Cladistic biogeography is the study of the historical and evolutionary relationships between taxa, based on their particular distribution patterns across the earth. Analysis of the distribution patterns of the taxa in different areas of the world can tell us how the areas are related, what regions or larger groups of areas exist, and what their shared history might be. Cladistic Biogeography (second edition) provides a concise exposition of the history, methods, applications of, and prospects for cladistic biogeography, together with a comprehensive bibliography |
Notes |
Glossary: p. [171]-176 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-169) and indexes |
Subject |
Biogeography.
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Cladistic analysis.
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Author |
Parenti, Lynne R.
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LC no. |
98047313 |
ISBN |
0198548184 (hbk.) |
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