ABSTRACT
Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation of animals and plants. Starting with an outline of how species arise, disperse, diversify and become extinct, the book examines: how environmental factors (climate, substrate, topography, and disturbance) influence animals and plants; investigates how populations grow, interact and survive; how communities form and change; and explores the connections between biogeography and conservation.
The second edition has been extensively revised and expanded throughout to cover new topics and revisit themes from the first edition in more depth. Illustrated throughout with informative diagrams and attractive photos and including guides to further reading, chapter summaries and an extensive glossary of key terms, Fundamentals of Biogeography clearly explains key concepts in the history, geography and ecology of life systems. In doing so, it tackles some of the most topical and controversial environmental and ethical concerns including species over-exploitation, the impacts of global warming, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem restoration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |68 pages
Introducing Biogeography
part |222 pages
Ecological Biogeography
chapter |14 pages
Habitats, Environments, and Niches
chapter |21 pages
Climate And Life
chapter |19 pages
Substrate and Life
chapter |19 pages
Topography and Life
chapter |16 pages
Disturbance
chapter |27 pages
Populations
chapter |30 pages
Interacting Populations
chapter |37 pages
Communities
chapter |37 pages
Community Change
part |47 pages
Historical Biogeography
chapter |12 pages
Dispersal and Diversification in the Distant Past
chapter |11 pages
Vicariance in the Distant Past
chapter |22 pages
Past Community Change
part |38 pages
Conservation Biogeography