Palaeogeography and palaeobiogeography biodiversity in space and time

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Upchurch, Paul, McGowan, Alistair, Slater, Claire
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011.
SeriesSystematics Association special volume ; 77.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420045529
Physical Descriptionxv, 223 p. : ill., maps.

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Biogeographical convergence and time-slicing : concepts and methods in comparative biogeography / Fabrizio Cecca, Juan J. Morrone, and Malte C. Ebach
  • ch. 2. Phylogenetic methods in palaeobiogeography : changing from simplicity to complexity without losing parsimony / Daniel R. Brooks and Kaila E. Folinsbee
  • ch. 3. Uncertainties in phanerozoic global continental reconstructions and their biogeographical implications : a review / Alan G. Smith
  • ch. 4. Boundaries and barriers of North American warm deserts : an evolutionary perspective / David J. Hafner and Brett R. Riddle
  • ch. 5. Integrating GIS and phylogenetic biogeography to assess species-level biogeographic patterns : a case study of late Devonian faunal dynamics / Alycia L. Stigall
  • ch. 6. A case study of the palaeobiogeography of early Mesozoic actinopterygians : the family Ptycholepidae / Raoul J. Mutter
  • ch. 7. Disparity as a complement to taxonomy and phylogeny in biogeographic studies : present and past examples from the cephalopods / Alistair J. McGowan and Pascal Neige.