Description |
1 online resource (ix, 565 pages) : maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Species and systematics
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Species and systematics.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Evolution in space -- Evolution in time -- Evolution and biogeography of primates : a new model based on molecular phylogenetics, vicariance and plate tectonics -- Biogeography of New World monkeys -- Primates in Africa and Asia -- Biogeography of the Central Pacific : endemism, vicariance, and plate tectonics -- Biogeography of the Hawaiian Islands : the global context -- Distribution within the Hawaiian Islands -- Biogeography of pantropical and global groups -- Evolution in space, time, and form : beyond centers of origin, dispersal, and adaptation. |
Summary |
'Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics' is an alternative view of distributional history in which groups are older than suggested by fossils and fossil-calibrated molecular clocks. It discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Biogeography -- Tropics.
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Biogeography. |
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Tropics. |
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Biology -- Classification -- Molecular aspects.
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Biology -- Classification -- Molecular aspects. |
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Variation (Biology) -- Tropics.
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Variation (Biology) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Heads, Michael J. Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520271968 (DLC) 2011016690 (OCoLC)726620632 |
ISBN |
9780520951808 (electronic book) |
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0520951808 (electronic book) |
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9780520271968 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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