Part I: Biogeographic perspectives. Process, pattern and scale in biogeography - A A Myers and P S Giller; Part II: Biogeographic patterns. Biogeographic patterns: a perceptual overview - B R Rosen; Species diversity - J H Brown; Relationship of species number to area, distance and other variables - M Williamson; Endemism: a botanical perspective - J Major; Part III: Biological processes in biogeography. Adaptation - P A Parsons; Speciation - N H Barton; Extinction - L G Marshall; Ecological interactions - T W Schoener; Part IV: Biogeographic reconstruction. Refugia - J D Lynch; Phylogenetic biogeography - L Brundin; Cladistic biogeography - C J Humphries, P Y Ladiges, M Roos and M Zandee; Panbiogeography: method and synthesis in biogeography - R Craw; From fossils to earth history: applied historical biogeography - B R Rosen; Experimental island biogeography - A Schoener.
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Reviews from the Hardback Edition:
`This volume is written by a worldwide group of scientists and
superbly edited by Myers and Giller. The book provides an excellent
discussion of the theoretical bases of biogeography; moreover, it
provides an astute and lucid description of what science, in
general, is all about. The treatment of the various aspects of
biogeography is diverse yet well balanced.'
Choice
`Biogeography is as basic to biology as evolution, but the
subject's development has been hindered by historical
constraints... Analytical Biogeography shows that things have
changed, and that biogeography can be a fascinating, rigorous and
unified subject...'
Nature
`No-one who teaches an advanced course on biogeography should fail
to obtain a copy of this book.'
Linnean Society Newsletter
`Deserves the attention of all evolutionary biologists, and of
their students. It is one of the few books ... that performs the
full sweep through the diverse fundamentals of evolutionary
biology, including its strenghs, weaknesses, and some of its loose
ends.'
The American Museum of Natural History
`...coverage of topics and approaches is better than one has any
right to expect...The result is probably the best book
available...'
Evolutionary Theory
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