Ganderton and Coker

© PSG and PDC, 2005

Last Update:
February 12, 2008

Welcome to the companion website for 'Environmental Biogeography'.

One of the major aims of our book was to provide the newcomer to biogeography with a framework for the subject. The aim of this website is to provide an update to the material we have mentioned in the book. This means that we are putting onto the site a range of items to help both beginner and the more experienced:

Chapter outline - to refresh the memory and to make sure you're in the right place for what you want!
New books and papers - the key part of the site and its reason for being - to show how biogeography is developing
Websites - major sites that we think can help. Alternatively, for a wider selection of reviews and websites, try here.

As with all projects - it's a team effort so if you find something that would be useful to other people then please let us know.

Update: February 2008- major review of literature being carried out - check for chapter revisions.
To move to a specific chapter, just click on alink to the left. To help, the chapters are:
Chapter 1 - What is Biogeography?
Chapter 2 - Issues in biogeography.
Chapter 3 - The physical environment.
Chapter 4 - The biological environment.
Chapter 5 - Putting it together - biodiversity, classifications and ecosystems.
Chapter 6 - Global patterns in biogeography.
Chapter 7 - Studying and describing vegetation.
Chapter 8 - Studying animals and their distributions.
Chapter 9 - Responding to conditions: environmental factors and gradients.
Chapter 10 - Quantitative and statistical methods - an introduction.
Chapter 11 - Modelling.
Chapter 12 - Environments under threat - the biogeography of change.
Chapter 13 - Fragile environments: the biogeography of existence.
Chapter 14 - Looking at the past - human impact on biogeography.
Chapter 15 - Environmental change and conservation.
Chapter 16 - Looking forward - prospects for biogeography.

In Memoriam - Dr Paddy Coker died shortly before this book and site were published.