Frontiers Of Biogeography: New Directions in the Geography of Nature

by Mark V. Lomolino (editor), Lawrence R. Heaney (Editor)

Drawing upon such disparate fields as biology, geology, socio- economics, climatology, and philosophy, biogeography takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the origins and maintenance of global patterns of biodiversity. Containing 18 contributions from international scholars, this text covers five main subdisciplines of biogeography: plate tectonics and paleobiogeography; phylogeography and diversification; diversity gradients; marine biogeography; and conservation biogeography. The material in this volume is based upon plenary papers presented at the 2003 inaugural meeting of the International Biogeography Society. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

436 pages, Paperback

First published November 23, 2004