Patterns of Life Biogeography of a changing world /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1989.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6499-3 |
Table of Contents:
- One Physical Foundations
- One The planetary and geological context of life
- Two The Earth, life, and energy cycles
- Two Past Events and their Biogeographic Significance
- Three Evolution of the biosphere
- Four Continental drift
- Five Biogeographic patterns and ice age events
- Three Present Environments and Biogeographic Patterns
- Six The climatic environment
- Seven Marine and terrestrial environments
- Eight Freshwater environments
- Nine Island environments
- Ten Environments linked through animal movements
- Eleven Organisms and environments integrated through coevolution
- Four the Human Impact
- Twelve Fire as an old and new agent of change
- Thirteen Man the maker and exterminator of plants and animals
- Fourteen Biogeographic repercussions of the intensification of agriculture
- Fifteen The impact of urban-industrial development on patterns of life
- References.