Palaeogeography and palaeobiogeography [electronic resource] : biodiversity in space and time / edited by Paul Upchurch, Alistair J. McGowan, Claire S.C. Slater.

Contributor(s): Upchurch, Paul | McGowan, Alistair | Slater, ClaireMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Systematics Association special volume ; 77.Publication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011. Description: xv, 223 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9781420045529 (ebook : PDF)Subject(s): Paleogeography | PaleobiologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.

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.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.