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Biogeography of the southern end of the world;: Distribution and history of far-southern life and land, with an assessment of continental drift (McGraw-Hill paperbacks) by Philip Jackson Darlington, 1968 Biogeography in a Changing World (Systematics Association Special Volumes) Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds by David W. Steadman, 2006-10-15 Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus Island Biogeography : Ecology, Evolution and Conservation by Robert J. Whittaker, 1999-02-18 Biogeography and Adaptation: Patterns of Marine Life by Geerat J. Vermeij, 1978-01-01 Biogeography of Mediterranean Invasions Basic Biogeography by N.V. Pears, 1985-07-29 Global Biogeography by J.C. Briggs, 1996-11-01 Biogeography and Biodiversity (Igu Commission Contribution to International Year of Planet Earth) Biogeography and Ecology in South-America. Volume II (Monographiae Biologicae) (v. 2) The Settlement of the American Continents: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography by C. Michael Barton, Geoffrey A. Clark, et all 2004-10-01 Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago (Oxford Monographs on Biogeography) Biogeography by E. C. Pielou, 1992-07

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41. Bagheera: An Endangered Species And Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
    Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species Habitat fragmentation and the lessons of island biogeography indicate that  
    http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_spisland.htm
    
    Extractions: HOME IN THE WILD IN THE CLASS RESOURCES ... CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT ON: ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY (AND FRAGMENTATION) Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve. Island species are especially vulnerable to extinction because they have a small geographic range. They are limited to the island or a particular part of the island, and they usually have low population numbers. These factors make them more likely to become extinct as a result of natural factors such as disease, fire, and normal population fluctuations. If the population is small to begin with, a natural occurrence may occasionally kill enough individuals so there is no longer a viable population of that species. This dynamic is exacerbated when introduced species such as humans, their domesticated animals, pests, and diseases arrive on the island. Native species that have evolved without contact with these new organisms are often unable to compete or defend themselves. Habitat destruction, direct hunting, competition for food, and other factors put intense pressure on island species. In the continental setting, a species may still have other undisturbed populations located in other areas, or the local population may be augmented by incoming individuals from other populations not experiencing the same pressures. In the island setting, there are no other populations to draw from, and the species may very well become extinct.

42. Prehistoric Aesthetics Explains Snail Biogeography Puzzle
    Sep 19, 2007 An odd distribution pattern of a rare snail has had biologists scratching their heads since at least the 1880s. Over the years they ve come  
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070918172321.htm
    
    Extractions: Share Blog Cite Print Email Bookmark ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2007) See also: The team's findings, published online Sept. 12 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, have implications for conservation efforts aimed at rescuing nearly-extinct Tahitian tree snails. The odd distribution pattern has had biologists scratching their heads since at least the 1880s. Over the years they've come up with a variety of possible explanations, suggesting for example that the white-shelled forms are actually all distinct species that independently evolved on different islands. "Land snails are known to have been introduced to many Pacific islands by Polynesians but all the other cases were inadvertent introductions involving tiny snails of continental origin associated with food crops; the introduced snails were not endemic to the islands," said Ó Foighil, who is an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a curator at the U-M Museum of Zoology. If the white snails were similarly transported by accident, their distribution pattern should be random, with nearby islands being much more likely than more distant ones to have received them. "The fact that they're not present on nearby islands suggests deliberate introduction to the more distant archipelagos," Ó Foighil said.

43. Biogeography
    biogeography studies distributional dynamics, from individual taxa to biomes, at a range of spatial and temporal scales (e.g. Cox and Moore, 2005).  
    http://www.york.ac.uk/res/kite/research/biogeography/biogeography.htm
    
    Extractions: Biogeography The main contribution of the biogeography research project will be to provide an overview of the spatial relationships of Eastern Arc taxa; results that will have temporal implications, and bridge research focused on the past, the present and the future. Specifically, the biogeography research project will establish phytogeographical patterns using different vegetation classifications and spatial scales that will be analysed with respect to signal coherence and divergence, their present-day environmental correlates, and the imprint of the past they carry. Furthermore, KITE research will address the likely impact of the numerous shortfalls and inadequacies inherent in the predictive analysis of biogeographical patterns. Research outputs will be drawn upon to structure and parameterise regional bioclimatic models. Finally, given the immense contribution that biogeography could provide to conservation planning, a biogeographic evaluation of the Eastern Arc flora and its relationships to environmental factors and surrounding ecosystems, combined with other research strands within the KITE program, will provide research outputs to aid policy formulation, i.e. with respect to the development of responsive strategies for the conservation of species, ecosystem character and ecosystem services in the face of uncertain future climate projections.

44. Island Biogeography And Evolution
    Island biogeography and Evolution Solving a Phylogenetic Puzzle With Molecular Genetics. Introduction. Ever since Charles Darwin formulated his hypothesis  
    http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/simulation_island.html
    
    Extractions: Phylogenetic Puzzle With Molecular Genetics Richard Filson Target age or ability group: 9-12 college prep biology or honors biology. Class time required: Three days: first day, students can work independently, second day students work in teams of four, and the third day should be a small group or class discussion. Materials and equipment: Scissors and glue, an atlas would be a desirable option. Summary of activity: This activity is a logic problem that is based on real organisms and real data. The problem is to develop phylogenies for seven related populations of lizards living on the Canary Islands. Three phylogenetic charts will be constructed, each using different forms of data, geography, geology, morphology, and molecular genetics. Prior knowledge, concepts or vocabulary necessary to complete activity: This activity would be best used near the end of an evolution unit. Knowledge of the DNA code is needed and a basic understanding of biotechnologies such as gel electrophoresis, and DNA finger printing would be desirable. Students must know the difference between a population and a species. Students should be aware of the conditions of speciation including isolation, genetic divergence, and reproductive isolation. Teacher Instructions: The final activity will be to use the results from the pairings and compare the differences and use this information to develop a final phylogeny chart. The solutions are provided. The basic scheme to remember is that low numbers of base-pair differences imply closer evolutionary relationships. The phylogeny charts are intended to stimulate student thinking about the problems of understanding past and future evolution. There are many variations to phylogenies students can come up with, some are better than others. The criteria should really be: Can the solution be logically explained and justified? Only the last phylogeny based on molecular genetics has fewer variations and needs some serious discussion to close the subject. Finally, most questions on this assignment require student explanation. You should emphasize that answers may vary, but logic is required for all solutions.

45. European Bison Biogeography
    Natural history, evolution, distribution, and timeline of the status of the species through the centuries.  
    http://www.sfsu.edu/~geog/bholzman/courses/316projects/bison.html
    
    Extractions: The largest concentration of European bison live in Poland's Bialowieza National Park (Falinski, 1999). It is here that Europe's last remaining primeval forest stands. The National Park covers an area of about 20-square miles, which is located within the larger (and lesser protected) Bialowieza forest – 220sq.mi., and is contiguous to Belarus’ Beloveskaja Pusca National Park – 335sq.mi (WCMC, 1999) The ancient forest lies in a flat, moist region consisting of 26 species of trees, 55 species of shrubs, 14 species dwarf shrubs, and 62 species of mammals, of which wolves and lynx are important predators of young and weak bison. These are a few of the over 10,000 species that contribute to the forest’s rich biodiversity (Falinski, 1999)

46. Definition: Biogeography From Online Medical Dictionary
    biogeography. study The study of the distribution of different species of organisms aroundthe planet and the factors that influenced that distribution.  
    http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?biogeography

47. Landscape Ecology And Ecological Biogeography
    Historical biogeographic analysis will shed light on the origin and radiation of various species groups within Ctenotus, the aridification and vicariance of  
    http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/biogeog.html
    
    Extractions: The importance of spatial scale has been neglected in traditional ecology, although not in the emerging field of landscape ecology. While the implications of the landscape on ecology have long been appreciated, only recently have quantitative methods of study been exploited. In the past, ecologists, including myself, have focused on local-level processes. Larger scale regional factors also control local phenomena. Local species richness may often be a consequence of regional processes. Relatively little empirical attention has been given to the interaction between these two levels. Unfortunately, few complete closed regions remain unfragmented by human activities in which regional and local phenomena can still be studied simultaneously. I am undertaking such a study in the uninhabited Great Victoria desert of Western Australia, an area with an extremely high diversity of lizards. Landsat MSS false color image of part of the Great Victoria desert. Blue and white areas are dry lake beds (Lake Throssel and Lake Rason). Note the numerous fire scars (lighter biege patches), their tongues and spatial complexity. Fires frequently reticulate, leaving behind isolated patches of unburned habitats (darker brown patches embedded within fire scars) which act as refuges. Scene is approximately 100 km by 150 km.

48. PLoS ONE: Molecular Biogeography: Towards An Integrated Framework For Conserving
    Biogeographic models partition ecologically similar species assemblages into discrete ecoregions. However, the history, relationship and interactions  
    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000454;jsessionid=
    
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49. CCMA: Biogeography Branch: Habitat Digitizer
    biogeography Projects Products and Publications Contacts. You are here Home » biogeography » Habitat Digitizer  
    http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/digitizer/
    
    Extractions: This site all NOAA You are here: Home Biogeography The Habitat Digitizer Extension is designed to use a hierarchical classification scheme to delineate habitats by visually interpreting georeferenced images such as aerial photographs, satellite images, and side scan sonar. The extension allows users to create custom classification schemes and rapidly delineate and attribute polygons, lines, and points using simple menus. The extension allows new hierarchical classification schemes to be easily created, modified, and saved for use on future mapping projects. There are several advantages to using classification schemes with a hierarchical structure including: the detail of habitat categories can be expanded or collapsed to suit user needs, the thematic accuracy of each category/hierarchical level can be determined, and additional categories can be easily added or deleted at any level of the scheme to suit user needs.

50. Biogeography
    The biogeography of Tenerife. The Canary islands, with their temperate climate and wide range of physical environments, have acquired and developed a rich  
    http://www.hull.ac.uk/geogmods/html/biogeog.html
    
    Extractions: The Biogeography of Tenerife The Canary islands, with their temperate climate and wide range of physical environments, have acquired and developed a rich and diverse flora and fauna. This section will look at the various habitats found on Tenerife and examine the origins and adaptations of some of the plants and animals to be found there. Although the Canaries is a young archipelago, in geological terms, the islands’ sub-tropical location has meant that the established flora and fauna were little affected by Quaternary glaciation. The origins of certain elements of the flora can be traced back directly to the Tertiary period. In contrast the great majority of Britain’s plants and animals have arrived in the short period since the last ice sheets retreated, a mere 12 000 years ago. Site last updated May 2002 : r.middleton@hull.ac.uk

51. Lomolino, Mark V.: Foundations Of Biogeography
    Lomolino, Mark V. Foundations of biogeography, university press books, shopping cart, new release notification.  
    http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15840.ctl
    
    Extractions: Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution.

52. Implications Of Biogeography Of Human Populations For 'race' And Medicine - Natu
    In this review, we focus on the biogeographical distribution of genetic variation and address whether or not populations cluster according to the popular  
    http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v36/n11s/full/ng1438.html
    
    Extractions: @import "/ng/style.css"; nature.com homepage Login Search This journal All of nature.com Advanced search Journal home Archive Table of Contents ... For librarians NPG Resources Nature Nature Biotechnology Nature Cell Biology Nature Medicine ... Browse all publications Perspective Nature Genetics Sarah A Tishkoff Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208005, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8005, USA. Correspondence should be addressed to Sarah A Tishkoff tishkoff@umd.edu or Kenneth K Kidd kenneth.kidd@yale.edu In this review, we focus on the biogeographical distribution of genetic variation and address whether or not populations cluster according to the popular concept of 'race'. We show that racial classifications are inadequate descriptors of the distribution of genetic variation in our species. Although populations do cluster by broad geographic regions, which generally correspond to socially recognized races, the distribution of genetic variation is quasicontinuous in clinal patterns related to geography. The broad global pattern reflects the accumulation of genetic drift associated with a recent African origin of modern humans, followed by expansion out of Africa and across the rest of the globe. Because disease genes may be geographically restricted due to mutation, genetic drift, migration and natural selection, knowledge of individual ancestry will be important for biomedical studies. Identifiers based on race will often be insufficient.

53. Biogeography • University Of Bayreuth
    Chair of biogeography, University of Bayreuth. Chair of biogeography, University of Bayreuth. index. Universität Bayreuth, Lehrstuhl Biogeografie,  
    http://www.old.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/biogeo/en.html

54. Hot Spot Biogeography
    Reference H.L. Carson and D.A. Clague (1995) Geology and biogeography of the Hawaiian Islands, In Hawaiian biogeography Evolution on a hot spot  
    http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Biogeography.htm
    
    Extractions: Photo © 1999 J.B. Paduan The Hawaii hot spot is beneath the southern end of the island chain. The Emperor Seamounts, Northwest Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian Ridge), and the main Hawaiian Islands were built in succession over the hot spot. The northwest motion of the Pacific Plate slowly draws them away from the hot spot. Removed from the source of lava, they cease to erupt and erosion whittles them away until they disappear beneath the sea. The growth and subsidence of the islands as they pass over the hot spot influences the distances between islands, the climate zones and ecosystems available on the islands, and the evolution of the animal and plant species. The discussions below are paraphrased from abstracts of papers published by the Submarine Volcanism group.

55. U Chicago CEB Faculty
    Subtopic List for Research Topic biogeography, Biodiversity, Conservation. Display ALL Associated Faculty. Click on any subtopic below to view list of  
    http://birenheide.com/uchicago/research.php3?res=6

56. Biogeography Research Group (BRG) - Home Page
    The biogeography Research Group (BRG) is a branch of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers).  
    http://www.brighton.ac.uk/brg/
    
    Extractions: Welcome to the homepage of the Biogeography Research Group (BRG) The Biogeography Research Group (BRG) is a 'branch' of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers). The aims of the BRG are to foster the study and development of biogeography by: The BRG encompasses a broad range of biogeographical content focussing upon the study of plant and animal distributions and their geographical relationships with the environment. This includes aspects of ecology, biodiversity, landscape ecology, palaeoecology, environmental resource management, and includes human-environment relations. Membership of the BRG shall be open to all Fellows (including Associate Fellows) and Ordinary Members of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) who elect to join the Research Group. If you are interested in membership (or have any queries), please go to the committee page and contact the BRG secretary, membership secretary, or any committee member

57. Biogeography Of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (ChEss): Project Descriptio
    The biogeography of DeepWater Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (ChEss) is one of the six initial field projects of the Census of Marine Life (CoML).  
    http://www.coml.org/descrip/chess.htm
    
    Extractions: ChEss has three components: ChEssBase : Geo- and bio-referenced relational online database (available on the ChEss website and integrated with OBIS) for all species from deep water chemosynthetic ecosystems. The InterRidge Biological Database has been merged with ChEssBase. Progress is good and currently the database includes the majority of known species from hydrothermal vents, many from cold seeps and a few from whale falls - over 700 species in total. This work is on-going and periodic. It is shortly intended to also include sample information on the database - a useful tool for scientists and students to inform them of the whereabouts and availability of chemosynthetic biological samples held in major labs around the globe. Field Programmes : a long term phase of discovery and exploration is underway to locate new chemosynthetic sites at key locations as identified by the ChEss steering committee and after consultation with the wider community, in order to fill in the missing pieces of the biogeography puzzle. The selection of these key locations (shown below) was based on a number of specific scientific questions related to the distribution, isolation, evolution and dispersal of deep-water species from chemosynthetically-driven systems.

58. Emergent Biogeography Of Microbial Communities In A Model Ocean -- Follows Et Al
    Emergent biogeography of Microbial Communities in a Model Ocean. Michael J. Follows,1* Stephanie Dutkiewicz,1 Scott Grant,1,2 Sallie W. Chisholm3  
    http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5820/1843
    
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59. Biogeography And Ecology Of Bulgaria - Animal Systematics / Taxonomy / Bioge...J
    biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria Zoology. This is the first monograph in English broadly addressing all vertebrate and many key invertebrate groups of  
    http://www.springer.com/life sci/zoology/book/978-1-4020-4417-5
    
    Extractions: Please select Africa Asia Australia / Oceania Europe France Germany Italy North America South America Switzerland United Kingdom All Author/Editor Title ISBN/ISSN Series Journals Series Textbooks Contact Select your subdiscipline Agriculture Aquatic Sciences Behavioral Sciences Biochemistry Bioinformatics Cell Biology Developmental Biology Ecology Entomology Forestry Microbiology Plant Sciences Zoology Select a discipline Astronomy Biomedical Sciences Chemistry Computer Science Economics Education Engineering Environmental Sciences Geography Geosciences Humanities Law Life Sciences Linguistics Materials Mathematics Medicine Philosophy Physics Psychology Public Health Social Sciences Statistics Home Life Sciences Zoology Series: Monographiae Biologicae , Vol. 82 This item usually ships in 2-3 business days About this book Table of contents About this book This is the first monograph in English broadly addressing all vertebrate and many key invertebrate groups of Bulgaria, their faunistics, origin, geographical and ecological distribution, and conservation issues are addressed by the experts on each group. The book includes 22 chapters by 28 authors, united by a single theme: biogeography and ecology. From the single-celled organisms in the Black Sea sand to the endemic cave crustaceans, from the mountain glacial relict insects to the most diverse bird fauna in Europe, the unique fauna of Bulgaria has been a subject of study of mostly Bulgarian zoologists for more than a century.

60. Biogeography - Simple English Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    biogeography is the science on where animals live or had lived and why they go to live Retrieved from http//simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/biogeography  
    http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography
    
    Extractions: Jump to: navigation search biogeographic map Biogeography is the science on where animals live or had lived and why they go to live there. There are many reasons why animals change their homes . Common reasons include the arrival of new animals, the death of many animals, or changes in the original home of an animal, like the moving of land or rivers This short article can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it Retrieved from " http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography Category Biology Views Personal tools Getting around Search Toolbox In other languages Catal  Deutsch Eesti English ... T¼rk§e This page was last changed on 16 March 2008, at 14:06. This text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License . (See for details.)

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