Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates: Concepts and Methods

ISBN-13: 9780415287890 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 286 str.

Raymond Bonnett; Fabrizio Cecca; Cecca Cecca

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Sitting squarely at the interface between earth and life sciences, palaeobiogeographic information is scattered throughout many publications. Until now. Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates covers important theoretical concepts relating to palaeobiogeography together with descriptions of analytical methods.
Fabrizio Cecca discusses general biogeographical concepts and the factors influencing distributional patterns and provides case histories that illustrate the concepts covered. Cecca uses the palaeobiogeography of fossil organisms to generate hypotheses on continental drifting, past migration routes, palaeobiodiversity gradients, geographic barriers, palaeoclimatic and paleooceanographic conditions. He explores the biogeographical dimension of biodiversity through the analysis of existing latitudinal and longitudinal gradients of biodiversity and discusses the biodiversity/area relationship with particular reference to sea-level variations.
Much of the material in the book has been drawn from the author's personal research and experience in ammonites and the Mesozoic pelagic biotas. To avoid lack of balance, he includes carefully selected case histories based on other fossil groups and geologic periods. The book is primarily for students and researchers of geology and palaeontology who whish to gain an understanding of palaeobiogeography, but will also be of interest to marine biologists concerned with the biogeographic aspects of palaeontology and evolution.

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INTRODUCTIONProcesses of Speciation and BiogeographyBiogeography: Neo-and PalaeobiographyThe Aims of Palaeobiography The Different BiogeographiesGENERAL BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTSThe Main Distributional PatternsThe Three Main Categories of Biogeographical ProcessesCLASSICAL THEORETICAL MODELS: DISPERSAL AND VARIANCEBarriers and FiltersThe Dispersal Model and the "Centre of Origin"PanbiogeographyThe Variance ModelCentres of Origin in PalaeobiogeographyBIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATIONRationalesLimits and Constraints of PaleobiogeographyDefinition of Biogeographic Units: Qualitative CriteriaQuantitative Criteria (Phenetics)Are Biotic Provinces Objective?ANALYTICAL METHODS OF HISTORICAL PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHYThe Method of Cladistics BiogeographyBrook's Parsimony Analysis (BPA)Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE)Retrovicariance BiogeographyLARVAL BIOGEOGRAPHYTypes of Larval DevelopmentLarval Development in Some Groups of Marine InvertebratesRates of DispersionPalaeocurrentsLarval Development and Evolutionary ImplicationsPALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHYBiodiversity in PalaeontologyCommunities and GuildsBiogeographical Patterns of BiodiversityEquilibrium Theory and Species-Area RelationshipsAre Extinctions Related to Sea-Level Falls? The Biogeography of Mass ExtinctionsDisturbance Events and Deviations from Specie-Area PredictionsPALAEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONSGeological AssemblagesMarine Corridors and RoutesThe Problem of the TerranesLongitudinal Patterns: Newton's Model of Pantropical FaunasIndex

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Fabrizio Cecca