The five basic historical biogeographic methods are: dispersalism, phylogenetic
biogeography, panbiogeography, cladistic biogeography, and parsimony analysis of …

Islands have long provided material and inspiration for the study of evolution and ecology.
The West Indies are complex historically and geographically, providing a rich backdrop for …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

Water availability limits plant growth and production in almost all terrestrial ecosystems,,,,.
However, biomes differ substantially in sensitivity of aboveground net primary production …

This book significantly expands the coverage of this subject given by its predecessor
Biogeography and Plate Tectonics (1987). Global Biogeography traces global changes in …

Since the latest Triassic, the Caribbean started to form as a system of rift valleys within
westcentral Pangea, later evolving into a mediterranean sea where distinct volcanic and non …

Approximately one-half of all species of amphibians occur in the New World tropics, which
includes South America, Middle America, and the West Indies. Of those, 27%(801 species) …

Neotropical Biogeography: Regionalization and Evolution presents the most comprehensive
single-source treatment of the Neotropical region derived from evolutionary biogeographic …

The evolutionary history and taxonomy of worm-like snakes (scolecophidians) continues to
be refined as new molecular data are gathered and analyzed. Here we present additional …

Amphibians are thought to be unable to disperse over ocean barriers because they do not
tolerate the osmotic stress of salt water. Their distribution patterns have therefore generally …