Biogeology: Evolution in a Changing Landscape

ISBN-13: 9780367147235 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 278 str.

Bernard Michaux

Opis

This detailed expositon gives background and context to how modern biogeography has got to where it is now. For biogeographers and other researchers interested in biodiversity and the evolution of life on islands, it provides an overview of a large swathe of the globe encompassing Wallace and the western Pacific.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Setting the scene Chapter 2: Flesh and rocks evolve together Chapter 3: Cleopatra’s nose Chapter 4: New Guinea revisited Chapter 5: The Malay Archipelago Chapter 6: The furious fifties Chapter 7: The Great South Land Chapter 8: Natural areas Chapter 9: The final piece of the jigsaw puzzle Chapter 10: Synthesis

O autorze

Bernard Michaux, born in UK and now living in New Zealand, is a school teacher, and has published extensively on biogeography and evolution.