Evolutionary Biogeography
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Evolutionary Biogeography

An Integrative Approach with Case Studies

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Evolutionary Biogeography

An Integrative Approach with Case Studies

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Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary biogeography. Evolutionary biogeography uses distributional, phylogenetic, molecular, and fossil data to assess the historical changes that have produced current biotic patterns. Panbiogeography, parsimony analysis of endemicity, cladistic biogeography, and phylogeography are the four recent and most common approaches. Many conceive of these methods as representing different "schools," but Morrone shows how each addresses different questions in the various steps of an evolutionary biogeographical analysis.

Panbiogeography and parsimony analysis of endemicity are useful for identifying biotic components or areas of endemism. Cladistic biogeography uses phylogenetic data to determine the relationships between these biotic components. Further information on fossils, phylogeographic patterns, and molecular clocks can be incorporated to identify different cenocrons. Finally, available geological knowledge can help construct a geobiotic scenario that may explain how analyzed areas were put into contact and how the biotic components and cenocrons inhabiting them evolved. Morrone compares these methods and employs case studies to make it clear which is best for the question at hand. Set problems, discussion sections, and glossaries further enhance classroom use.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780231512831
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Evolution
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents 
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1. Introducing Evolutionary Biogeography
  10. Chapter 2. Basic Concepts
  11. Chapter 3. A Brief History of Evolutionary Biogeography
  12. Chapter 4. Identification of Biotic Components
  13. Chapter 5. Testing Relationships Between Biotic Components
  14. Chapter 6. Regionalization
  15. Chapter 7. Identification of Cenocrons
  16. Chapter 8. Construction of a Geobiotic Scenario
  17. Chapter 9. Toward an Integrative Biogeography
  18. Glossary
  19. References
  20. Author Index
  21. Subject Index