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Frontiers of Biogeography: New Directions in the Geography of Nature

Edited by Mark V. Lomolino and Lawrence R. Heaney

2004
436 pages, 96 illustrations

About This Title

The period between 1975 and 2000 was one of fundamental change in historical biogeography, island biogeography, and marine biogeography, and saw the emergence of new fields, including phylogeography and macroecology, as well as applications of biogeography for conserving biological diversity. This book—developed and published in association with the International Biogeography Society (www.biogeography.org)— concentrates explicitly on these advances and on the most promising and most insightful lines of future research on the geography of nature.

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About the Author(s)

Mark V. Lomolino is a Professor in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He is cofounder and past President of the International Biogeography Society. Dr. Lomolino received the American Society of Mammalogists Award and serves on the editorial advisory boards for Biological Conservation and Global Ecology and Biogeography. With James H. Brown, he coauthored the book Biogeography, Second Edition, also published by Sinauer Associates. Dr. Lomolino's research and teaching focus on biogeography and conservation of biological diversity.

Lawrence R. Heaney is Curator and Head of the Division of Mammals at The Field Museum in Chicago. Dr. Heaney studies the ecology and evolution of mammals on the islands of Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines, as a natural laboratory where the influence of island area, habitat diversity, degree of isolation, and geological histories may be investigated. He is a past Vice President for Development and Awards of the International Biogeography Society, and is currently Vice President of the American Society of Mammalogists.

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Reviews and Commentary

“Biogeography is still a young and dynamic integrative discipline, and this volume reflects the excitement and promise of new challenges and opportunities. … I recommend anyone who thinks they might be a biogeographer at heart, if not in title, to read this book. It should be required reading for every graduate student in a biogeography-related program and at least consulted by any conservation-minded person with a solid background in science.”
—Susan L. Woodward, The Quarterly Review of Biology

“Anyone interested in biogeography on a local or global scale will find this timely and provocative reading.”
—Northeastern Naturalist

“For anyone who wishes to stretch their understanding of how ecosystems have come to be where they are today, for anyone challenged with trying to make decisions about resources and their future sustainability, this volume, with its 51-page list of referenced works, is an invaluable reference.”
—Brian McLaren, The Forestry Chronicle

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Table of Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

Introduction: Reticulations and Reintegration of Modern Biogeography, Mark V. Lomolino and Lawrence R. Heaney

I. Paleobiogeography

Introduction by Stephen Jackson

  1. Cenozoic and Mesozoic Paleogeography: Changing Terrestrial Biogeographic Pathways, Christopher R. Scotese
  2. Arid Lands Paleobiogeography: The Rodent Midden Record in the Americas, Julio L. Betancourt
  3. Quaternary Biogeography: Linking Biotic Responses to Environmental Variability, Stephen T. Jackson
  4. Biogeography on a Dynamic Earth, Christopher J. Humphries and Malte C. Ebach

II. Phylogeography and Diversification

Introduction by Vicki Funk and Brett Riddle

  1. The Past and Future Roles of Phylogeography in Historical Biogeography, Brett R. Riddle and David J. Hafner
  2. Range Expansion, Extinction, and Biogeographic Congruence: A Deep Time Perspective, Bruce S. Lieberman
  3. Reticulations in Historical Biogeography: The Triumph of Time over Space in Evolution, Daniel R. Brooks

III. Diversity Gradients

Introduction by Dov F. Sax and Robert J. Whittaker

  1. Beyond Species Richness: Biogeographic Patterns and Biodiversity Dynamics Using Other Metrics of Diversity, Kaustuv Roy, David Jablonski and James W. Valentine
  2. The Global Diversity Gradient, John R. G. Turner and Bradford A. Hawkins
  3. Diversity Emerging: Toward a Deconstruction of Biodiversity Patterns, Pablo A. Marquet, Miriam Fernández, Sergio A. Navarrete and Claudio Valdovinos
  4. Dynamic Hypotheses of Richness on Islands and Continents, Robert J. Whittaker

IV. Marine Biogeography

Introduction by John C. Briggs, Brian W. Bowen, and Michael A. Rex

  1. Island Life: A View from the Sea, Geerat J. Vermeij
  2. A Marine Center of Origin: Reality and Conservation, John C. Briggs
  3. Pattern and Process in Marine Biogeography: A View from the Poles, J. Alistair Crame

V. Conservation Biogeography

Introduction by Mark V. Lomolino

  1. How Do Biological Invasions Alter Diversity Patterns? Julie L. Lockwood
  2. GIS-Based Predictive Biogeography in the Context of Conservation, Víctor Sánchez-Cordero, Mariana Munguía and A. Townsend Peterson
  3. Applying Species–Area Relationships to the Conservation of Species Diversity, Michael L. Rosenzweig
  4. Conservation Biogeography in Oceanic Archipelagoes, Lawrence R. Heaney

Concluding Remarks, James H. Brown

References

Index

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