Evolutionary Biogeography: An Integrative Approach with Case Studies Book

Preface

Chapter 1. INTRODUCING EVOLUTIONARY BIOGEOGRAPHYWhat is evolutionary biogeographyStep 1: Identification of biotic componentsStep 2: Testing relationships among biotic componentsStep 3: RegionalizationStep 4: Identification of cenocronsStep 5: Construction of a geobiotic scenarioHow to read this book

Chapter 2. BASIC CONCEPTSBiogeographyEcological and historical biogeographyHierarchies and scales in biogeographyBiogeographic patternsBiogeographic processesBiotic components and cenocronsPrediction/ retrodictionBiogeographic approaches and methodsEvolutionary biogeographyMajor references For discussion Glossary

Chapter 3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOGEOGRAPHY The beginnings of biogeography Classical biogeography Darwinian biogeography Extensionists and other unorthodox biogeographers The New York school of zoogeography Centers of origin Phylogenetic biogeography Panbiogeography Refuge theory Cladistic biogeography Panbiogeographers versus cladistic biogeographers Cenogenesis, cenocrons and horofaunas Taxon pulses Phylogeography Conclusions Major references For discussion Glossary

Chapter 4. IDENTIFICATION OF BIOTIC COMPONENTS Biotic components Panbiogeography Individual tracks Generalized tracks Nodes Areas of endemism Methods Minimum-spanning tree method Case study 4.1: Biogeography and evolution of North American cave Collembola Case study 4.2: Distributional patterns of Mexican marine mammals Track compatibility Case study 4.3: Biogeography of the Subantarctic islands Case study 4.4: Biogeography of the Sierra de Chiribiquete (Colombia) Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) Case study 4.5: Biogeography of the Mexican cloud forests Case study 4.6: Distribution of butterflies in the Western Palearctic Endemicity analysis Case study 4.7: Areas of endemism in southern South America Evaluation of the methods Major references Problems For discussion Glossary

Chapter 5. TESTING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BIOTIC COMPONENTS Cladistic biogeography Taxon-area cladograms Resolved area cladograms General area cladograms Methods Component analysis Case study 5.1: Cladistic biogeography of Central Chile Brooks parsimony analysis (BPA) Case study 5.2: Cladistic biogeography of afromontane spiders Case study 5.3: Biogeographic history of the North American warm desert biota Three area statement analysis Case study 5.4: Cladistic biogeography of the "blue ash" eucalypts Tree reconciliation analysis Case study 5.5: Biogeography of South American assassin bugs (Hemiptera) Case study 5.6: Biogeography of plant and animal taxa in the Southern Hemisphere Paralogy-free subtree analysis Case study 5.7: Biogeography of the Northern Andes Case study 5.8: Biogeography of Rhododendron section Vireya in the Malesian ArchipelagoDispersal-vicariance analysisCase study 5.9: Historical biogeography of the Subantarctic subregion Area cladistics Case study 5.10: Cladistic biogeography of the Hawaiian islands Phylogenetic analysis for comparing trees (PACT) Case study 5.11: Dispersal of hominines in the Old World Evaluation and classification of the methods Major references Problems For discussion Glossary

Chapter 6. REGIONALIZATION Biogeographical classification Realms, regions and transition zones Regionalization of the world Case study 6.1: Regionalization of Latin America Major references Problems For discussion Glossary

Chapter 7. IDENTIFICATION OF CENOCRONS Time-slicing Methods Temporally partitioned component analysis (TPCA) Case study 7.1: Dinosaurian biogeography Intraspecific phylogeography Case study 7.2: Phylogeography of red deers in Eurasia Case study 7.3: Phylogeographic predictions of a weevil species of the Canary Islands Molecular clocks Case study 7.4: The Mediterranean Lago Mare theory and the speciation of European freshwater fishes Case study 7.5: The arrival of caviomorph rodents and platyrrhine primates in South AmericaMajor references Problems For discussion Glossary

Chapter 8. CONSTRUCTION OF A GEOBIOTIC SCENARIO Geographic features Plate tectonics Major references For discussion Glossary

Chapter 9. TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE BIOGEOGRAPHY Major references For discussion

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