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The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography (MPB-32) (Monographs in Population Biology) by Stephen P. Hubbell, 2001-05-01

Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination by Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, 2001-01-15

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen, 1997-04-14

The Fragmented Forest: Island Biogeography Theory and the Preservation of Biotic Diversity (Chicago Original Paperback) by Larry D. Harris, 1984-10-15

The Secular Ark: Studies in the History of Biogeography by Janet Browne, 1983-09-10

Cladistic Biogeography: Interpreting Patterns of Plant and Animal Distributions (Oxford Biogeography Series) by Christopher J. Humphries, Lynne R. Parenti, 1999-07-08

The Speciation and Biogeography of Birds by Ian Newton, 2003-01-31

Biogeography and Ecology in Madagascar (Monographiae Biologicae)

ASPECTS OF TETHYAN BIOGEOGRAPHY. by C. G. & D. V. Ager (edits). Adams, 1967

The forests of the Fatima basin and Mt. Kerigomna, Papua New Guinea, with a review of montane and subalpine rainforests in Papuasia (Publication / Research ... of Biogeography and Geomorphology) by P. J Grubb, 1985

Alternative Biogeographies of the Global Garden by Dwight A. Brown, Philip Gersmehl, et all 2003-01-01

Biogeography: Complete Edition

Biogeography by J. A. Taylor, 1984-06

Basic Biogeography by N.V. Pears, 1985-07-29

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Research Unit Ocean Gateways
Research unit of Kiel University, focusing on evolution of marine biota, and biogeography and paleoceanographic reconstructions.
http://www.passagen.uni-kiel.de/
Biogeography Specialty Group
for a home page with fewer graphics, go HERE! All images on these pages wereobtained over the Internet and are assumed to be in the public domain.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2498/bsghome.htm
The Song Of The Dodo (David Quammen)
Review by Danny Yee of the book about island biogeography published in 1996.
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Song_Dodo.html

Extractions: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions Hutchinson 1996 A book review by Danny Yee Dodos and extinctions are dinner-party topics, but island biogeography sounds like the domain of academic monographs. In Song of the Dodo Quammen writes about the popular topics for a popular audience, but sneaks in some real science on the sly. He offers a mix of travel narrative, natural history, and biography - and highlights the significance of islands in the geographical distribution of species around the planet. Quammen begins with the role biogeography played in the origins of evolutionary theory, following Alfred Russell Wallace on his expeditions around the Malay Archipelago . He then explores the "signature features" of island species and communities (such as dispersal ability, size change, and adaptive radiation), using as examples iguanas in the Galapagos, lemurs in Madagascar, Komodo dragons, and lizards on islands in the Gulf of California, among others. Turning to extinction events, he writes about some of the more famous: the dodo, the Tasmanian tiger, the passenger pigeon, the invasion of Guam by the brown tree snake, and the genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines. Quammen next introduces the species-area relationship, with one of the few equations in the book giving the number of species as proportional to the square of the area. This is the lead in to a sympathetic and insightful sketch of the history of quantitative ecology, focused on Wilson and MacArthur and the publication of
GML Frames
The marine laboratory of the College of Charleston and the University of Charleston, housing academic programs in marine biology. The lab supports teaching and research in evolutionary biology, marine biogeography, cellular and molecular biology, benthic ecology, immunology, microbial ecology, phytoplankton ecology, environmental physiology, fish systematics, and invertebrate zoology and other marine sciences.
http://www.cofc.edu/~grice/
Pole.botany.uq.edu.au/prehistbio.html
Similar pages biogeography Specialty Groupbiogeography SPECIALTY GROUP. The Association of American Geographers.
http://pole.botany.uq.edu.au/prehistbio.html
Entomol
Primarily focused on the basic biology of insects systematics, evolutionary processes, genetics, biogeography, ecology, population biology, behavior, morphology, and physiology.
http://www.ukans.edu/~eeb/entomol.htm

Extractions: Entomology Program Kansas University has a tradition of pioneering excellence in entomology that has been recognized nationally and internationally for the past 120 years. In fact, "Entomology at the University of Kansas is as old as the University itself." As the result of recent departmental merger Entomology is now a full partner in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The newly defined Program in Entomology at KU is unique, not only because of the former department's long history, but also because it is one of a few such departments not administered within a school of agriculture. We are primarily focused on the basic biology of insects: systematics, evolutionary processes, genetics, biogeography, ecology, population biology, behavior, morphology, and physiology. Faculty David Alexander dalexander@ku.edu James Stephen Ashe ashe@ku.edu ... chip@ku.edu Affiliate Faculty J. Gregory Burg (Courtesy) gburg@ku.edu George W. Byers (Emeritus) Bruce Cutler (Courtesy) bcutler@ku.edu Robert H. Hagen (Adjunct) rhagen@ku.edu
NOS Biogeography Program
The biogeography Program is in NOAA's National Ocean Service, and is part of theCenter for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), located in Silver Spring
http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/

Extractions: Tutuila, AS Draft Map The Biogeography Program is in NOAA's National Ocean Service, and is part of the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), located in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. The goal of the Biogeography Program is to develop knowledge and products on living marine resource distributions and ecology throughout the Nation's estuarine, coastal and marine environments, and to provide managers and scientists with an improved ecosystem basis for making decisions.
Miller
Systematics, biogeography, and ecology, focusing on moths and beetles. Curriculum vitae, articles, and links.
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/natsci/ng/miller.html

Extractions: Chair, Dept. of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 20560-0105, USA. Phone: (202) 357-2078. Fax: (202) 786-2894, Internet: miller.scott@nmnh.si.edu or scottm@bishopmuseum.org I have broad research interests in systematics, biogeography, and ecology. My systematic studies have focused on moths (Lepidoptera) and beetles (Coleoptera), but I am also interested in theoretical aspects of phylogenetic systematics. My biogeographic studies focus on island biogeography and the implications of climatic and tectonic changes through time, especially in the Pacific Basin. My ecological research focuses on New Guinea insects sampled with various techniques: intensive rearing from selected host plants, canopy fogging, and light trap transects. I also have a strong commitment to the application of information from systematics studies and collections to "on the ground" problems in conservation and agriculture. In order to do this, I am interested in applications of information management technology to biological diversity issues and the development of techniques to evaluate and monitor biological diversity.
NOS Biogeography Program
documents, data, and other products developed during this project are now availablefor free download or via CDROM from the NOAA biogeography Team's website.
http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/mapping/caribbean/

Extractions: Directions for ArcIMS The description of the project titled "Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands" that was formerly found at this link has been removed. This project was completed in January 2002. All of the documents, data, and other products developed during this project are now available for free download or via CD-ROM from the NOAA Biogeography Team's website. Click here if you are not automatically forwarded to the new site in 20 seconds...
Silvio Nihei - Index
Research by entomologist Silvio Shigueo Nihei of the Universidade Federal do ParanÃ¡, Curitiba, Brazil, related to taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of flies of family Muscidae (Insecta Diptera).
http://www.silvionihei.hpg.com.br/

Extractions: Silvio Shigueo Nihei Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Paraná Caixa Postal 19020, CEP 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brasil Contato: ssnihei@bio.ufpr.br English version Gosta de poesias? Clique aqui e veja alguns de meus trabalhos em minha outra página. Melhor visualizado em Internet Explorer versão 5 ou superior. Criada em 2/12/ 2001. Última atualização em 15/03/2003. Você é o visitante número Apoio:
About - Biogeography
Advertisement. biogeography Guide picks. biogeography is the studyof the geographic distribution of life on earth. The links below
http://animals.about.com/cs/biogeography/

Extractions: At the edges of developed areas, where natural habitats meet human habitats, animals are forced to undergo significant changes to survive and adapt. This article looks at what happens to animals in edge habitats and what it means for the future of our wildlands. Fire Succession in Inland Western Australia
Physical Geography Laboratories, Department Of Geography, SFU
Include facilities for biogeography, biogeochemistry, soil science, climatology and hydrology, and geomorphology.
http://www.sfu.ca/geography/Research/physicallabs.html

Extractions: Biogeography Facilities and equipment for collection and analysis of palaeoecological samples. Incubation chamber for studies of diatom ecology. Biogeochemistry Laboratory space with support facilities appropriate for aquatic chemistry and trace-element analysis in the newly opened South Science Building at SFU. Available analytical equipment includes: an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, an ion chromatography system, and a gas chromatography system equipped with TCD and FID detectors. Climatology and Hydrology Field research is strongly encouraged in climatology and hydrology, and laboratory facilities are available for graduate student research. Instrumentation is available for measurement of radiation, energy and water balance components as well as turbulent transfer. Instrumentation includes an assortment of radiation and energy balance instruments including radiometers, temperature, humidity and windspeed profile equipment, eddy correlation instrumentation, samplers for surface and subsurface water, a neutron probe, snow survey equipment and a range of data acquisition systems. Geomorphology Laboratory facilities are available for general analytical work and for sediment analysis in particular. Field equipment includes: survey boats with depth sounders and positioning systems, Mobile B-53 drill rig (mud-rotary, augering and coring capability) mounted on diesel International truck, several vibra-coring systems, a Mt. Sopris 1000 C logging system (gamma, SP and R), a high-resolution seismic system (Bison seismograph, dedicated computers and printers, geophones), pulse EKKO ground penetrating radar system, airborne multi-spectral imaging system and signal processing laboratory. This combination of equipment is unique in the context of Canadian geomorphology, and provides capability for a broad range of studies of fluvial processes and for investigating the subsurface in modern depositional environments.
Biodiversity And WORLDMAP
Measuring biodiversity value selecting priority areas for conservation.
http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/biologie/b_online/ibc99/biogeography/

Extractions: Contents: BIODIVERSITY VALUE GAP ANALYSIS BIOGEOGRAPHY WORLDMAP SOFTWARE (new demo 15.IV.99) KEY REFERENCES PUBLICATIONS RELATED SITES Plan of site GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY VALUE: a new map showing the distribution of some of the most highly valued terrestrial biodiversity world-wide (mammals, reptiles, amphibians and seed plants), using family-level data for equal-area grid cells ref 10 , with red for high biodiversity and blue for low biodiversity. The research programme is a specific Natural History Museum (NHM) response to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the lab is now an active partner in many national and international biodiversity initiatives. Its mission is to develop and apply appropriate, explicit and accountable methods to tackle problems in biogeography and in biodiversity assessment to meet conservation needs at any spatial scale (it does not provide data). It works in collaboration with the NHM Biodiversity Information Unit to create high quality biodiversity information products and services, tailored to meet the needs of different users, including natural resource managers, conservation planners and biodiversity specialists.
ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION
ISLAND biogeography AND EVOLUTION SOLVING A PHYLOGENETIC PUZZLEUSING MOLECULAR GENETICS. RP FILSON. PREFACE ISLAND biogeography
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Filson.html

Extractions: ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY and Evolution is an activity about the evolution of three species of lizards on the Canary Islands. It is designed for high school biology students. Its purpose is to demonstrate to students that evolutionary problems are complex and solutions may involve data from various disciplines of science. First, students must arrive at different phylogenetic solutions using only geographical and geological data. Then students compare the morphology of the species involved arriving at a more traditional solution to phylogeny. Finally students deduce a phylogeny based on genetic distance using DNA sequences from cutting edge biotechnology. The strength of the activity is its depth and interdisciplinary approach. This activity reinforces the interdisciplinary nature of modern science. Students utilize real data from real scientists. Students apply the principles of evolution in their reasoning to make use of this data from geology and biological science. This activity originated at Princeton University in the summer of 1995 while I was a participant in the Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Institute on Biology. Though now modified, it was written as part of a biology module on evolution called "Evolution: A Context for Biology." My original intent was to write a similar activity on Galapagos Finches, but that proved to be too complex and DNA mapping data had yet to be published.
Biogeography
Learn about biogeography, which is the distribution of plants and animalsaround the world. Discover biogeography Guide picks. Learn
http://geography.about.com/cs/biogeography/
Christopher Brochu
Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians and other Archosaurs (University of Iowa).
http://www.geology.uiowa.edu/people/faculty/brochu/

Extractions: E-mail: christopher-brochu@uiowa.edu Research Interests Archosaur phylogeny, systematics, and historical biogeography; combining morphology and molecules for phylogeny reconstruction; divergence time estimation and evolutionary patterns; phylogenetic nomenclature; computed tomography in paleontology. More information Courses The Age of the Dinosaurs
Biogeography Of Vampire Bat
Geography 316 biogeography. The biogeography of Vampire Bat (Desmondusrotundas). by Nikki Michel, student in Geography 316, Fall 1999.
http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/fall99projects/vampire.htm

Extractions: The unique social behavior of the vampire is most characteristic in their reciprocal altruism, in which animals return favors to their mutual benefit. If vampire bats do not get their share of blood on a regular basis, they rapidly deteriorate. A bat may be close to starvation within 2-3 days (Altringham 1996). Within social groups which largely refers to females as the males roost separately to defend territories, bats that successfully feed will regurgitate back at the roosts to a hungry bat. Studies on the blood sharing behaviors indicate bats will regurgitate to related and unrelated bats within the group. It is shown that they set up a buddy system, with pairs of bats forming tight blood-sharing relationships (Altringham 1996). Refer to Figure 3 to see the weight-loss curve after feeding since donating more than 5% of its body weight will push it too close to starvation (Altringham 1996). Flight in bats is one of the most fascinating evolutionary elements and currently has two theories on the table, the arboreal and the cursorial (Altringham 1996). The arboreal suggests that tree or cliff dwelling ancestors evolved flight through a series of gliding stages. The cursorial theory, which is more recent, requires the animal take a running leap with wings outstretched sending it into the air from a glide to flight (Altringham 1996). With a basically absent fossil record in regard to flight, there is room for theory but little evidence.
Biogeography Of Lithops
Geography. Geography 316 biogeography. The biogeography of Living Stones(MesembryanthemaceaeLithops spp.). SourceBurgess and Speirs.
http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/fall99projects/lithops.htm

Extractions: They have a very short stem with two thick, fleshy leaves separated by a small slit from which a small flower will emerge about once a year. They blend in with the surrounding soil in nearly perfect stone mimicry regarding size, texture, color and shape (Turner and Picker 1993). Lithops are unique in that they grow almost completely imbedded in the soil exposing only a small oval window to the sun. Botanists have studied whether imbedding is an adaptation to the extreme temperatures and Lithops julii var. fulleri source: Burgess and Spiers 1999 dryness of their habitat (Eller and Grobbelaar 1986 and Nobel 1989). However, detailed research has shown that imbedding did not develop as a means of thermal tolerance (Turner and Picker 1993), but has more likely developed as a means of mimicry to evade grazing animals. Imbedding can also be a method to protect from excessive water loss by transpiration (Eller and Nipkow 1983).
Catherine Forster
Dinosaur systematics, morphometrics, biogeography, and origins (State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook).
http://www.informatics.sunysb.edu/anatomy/cforster.html

Extractions: CFORSTER@mail.som.sunysb.edu Dinosaur systematics, cladistic and morphometric analyses, Gondwana biogeography, dinosaur origins Dr. Forster's research focus is on dinosaurs. She tries to incorporate various approaches and techniques while investigating different facets of this archosaur group. Some of her recent research includes: Phylogenetic analyses of dinosaur clades. Dr. Forster is currently completing phylogenetic analysis of the Ceratopsidae (with Dr. S. Sampson) and of the Iguanodontia and Hadrosauridae. Field research in Madagascar, South Africa, and China. Ongoing field work in Madagascar (with Dr. D. Krause) is producing a diverse, well preserved, and completely new vertebrate fauna from Upper Cretaceous strata. This fauna includes dinosaurs, birds, frogs, mammals, snakes, fish, crocodilians, and lizards. With the information gathered in these field based operations, she hopes to begin to address biogeographic questions surrounding the break-up of Gondwana. In a realated project, Dr. Forster is involved in a program of field work (with Dr. C. Ross and Dr. W. de Klerk) to search for vertebrate remains in Early Cretaceous strata in South Africa. She has recently begun working (with husband Dr. J. Clark) in Late Jurassic rocks in Xinjiang Province in western China. This work is producing a number of new, small dinosaurs, as well as other vertebrates.
Biogeography Lab
biogeography Laboratory. Center for Remote Sensing and Environmental Optics. Universityof California at Santa Barbara. Overview of the biogeography Lab.
http://www.crseo.ucsb.edu/biogeog/biogeog.html

Extractions: The Biogeography Laboratory conducts basic and applied research on the ecology, distribution, and conservation status of species and ecosystems. Research to date has focused on the integration of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing methods for mapping and modelling at a regional scale vegetation cover types, wildlife distributions, and long-term vegetation change, as well as on methods for assessing the accuracy of vegetation maps. Most work has concentrated on the region of California and the West. The lab is in the Geography Department at UC Santa Barbara, and is headed by Dr. Frank Davis. Click here to get to the ftp site for various Biogeography Lab datasets. Return to ICESS Home Page

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