Panbiogeography: Tracking the History of Life [illustrated edition] 9780195074413, 0-19-507441-6

Table of contents :
Contents......Page 8
1 What Is Panbiogeography?......Page 12
2 Life as a Geological Layer: Panbiogeography and the Earth Sciences......Page 39
3 Ecology, History, and the Panbiogeography of Africa......Page 73
4 Mapping the Trees of Life: Panbiogeography, Phylogenetic Systematics, and Evolutionary Processes......Page 97
5 Tracking the Trees of Life: Line, Map, and Matrix......Page 124
6 Toward a New Regional Biogeography: The Revival of Biogeographical Classification......Page 154
7 Tracks, Nodes, Biodiversity, and Conservation......Page 172
Glossary......Page 189
References......Page 191
A......Page 230
B......Page 231
E......Page 232
G......Page 233
J......Page 234
N......Page 235
P......Page 236
S......Page 237
Z......Page 238