Richard John Huggett

Fundamentals of Biogeography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation of animals and plants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 194mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1129g
• ISBN-13: 9780415323468
• ISBN-10: 0415323460
• Artikelnr.: 21887656

Autorenporträt

Richard Huggett is a Reader in Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introducing Biogeography 1. What is Biogeography? 2.
Biogeographical Processes I: Speciation, Diversification and Extinction 3.
Biogeographical Processes II: Dispersal 4. Biogeographical Patterns:
Distributions Part 2: Ecological Biogeography 5. Habitats, Environments and
Niches 6. Climate and Life 7. Substrate and Life 8. Topography and Life 9.
Disturbance 10. Populations 11. Interacting Populations 12. Communities 13.
Community Change Part 3: Historical Biogeography 14. Dispersal and
Diversification in the Distant Past 15. Vicariance in the Distant Past 16.
Past Community Change Part 4: Conservation Biogeography 17. Conserving
Species and Populations 18. Conserving Communities and Ecosystems