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Chapter 1 - What is biogeography?
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Chapter Outline :
- Biogeography is an important and multidisciplinary area of contemporary science;
- It is primarily concerned with current and historical distribution patterns of plants and animals rather than species–environment interactions;
- Biogeography operates through observation and detection of pattern, both small and large scale;
- It has links with almost every aspect of human activity on the planet – from agriculture to reclamation.
| Author(s) | Title (and link) | Comment |
| Ebach and Goujet 2006 | The first biogeographical map | Describes early attempts at biogeographical mapping. |
| Lomolino, Riddle and Brown. 2006 | Biogeography. 3e. (see a review) | Most recent version of one of the most influential basic texts in biogeography. |
| Williams and Ebach 2004 | The reform of palaeontology and the rise of biogeography – 25 years after ‘ontogeny, phylogeny, paleontology and the biogenetic law’ (Nelson, 1978) | Attemps a review and analysis of cladistics and evaluates biogeography's role in it. |
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