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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher J. Humphries (, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum) , Lynne R. Parenti (Curator of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Curator of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Volume: 12 Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.427kg ISBN: 9780198548188ISBN 10: 0198548184 Pages: 199 Publication Date: 15 April 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Historical biogeography. Introduction; Distribution patterns; A history of ideas; Centres of origin; Panbiogeography; Conclusions 2: Methodological developments. Introduction; Cladistics; Cladistics and biogeography; Discussion; Conclusions 3: The real world. Introduction; Same pattern: different taxa; Different patterns: different taxa; Geology and the cladistic biogeographer; Conclusions 4: A new view of the world. Introduction; Tropical versus antitropical; Pangaea, Pacifica, or expanding Earth?; Historical biogeography of the southern end of the world; A new view of the world; Conclusions Bibliography Glossary Index of animal and plant names General indexReviewsThis is a rewritten edition of this short but useful book, which shows how one can use cladistic methods to understand biogeographic data. -- Evolution, 54(3), 2000<br> Author InformationChristopher J. Humphries, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD cjh@nhm.ac.uk Dr. Lynne R. Parenti, Division of Fishes, MRC NHB 159, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560, USA parentil@nmnh.si.edu Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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