Biogeography, Time and Place: Distributions, Barriers and Islands

by Willem Renema

Book Overview

Biogeography considers the distribution of biological units over a wide range of scales. The units range from genotypes, populations and species to families and higher taxa. Processes can be local, such as the isolation on islands due to sea-level fluctuations, or large-scale tectonic processes that separates continents and creates oceans. In all processes time is an important factor and by combining data on recent patterns with paleontological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048176182
• ISBN13: 9789048176182
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"