Patterns of Life
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-04-574033-8 (ISBN)
One Physical Foundations.- One The planetary and geological context of life.- Two The Earth, life, and energy cycles.- Two Past Events and their Biogeographic Significance.- Three Evolution of the biosphere.- Four Continental drift.- Five Biogeographic patterns and ice age events.- Three Present Environments and Biogeographic Patterns.- Six The climatic environment.- Seven Marine and terrestrial environments.- Eight Freshwater environments.- Nine Island environments.- Ten Environments linked through animal movements.- Eleven Organisms and environments integrated through coevolution.- Four the Human Impact.- Twelve Fire as an old and new agent of change.- Thirteen Man the maker and exterminator of plants and animals.- Fourteen Biogeographic repercussions of the intensification of agriculture.- Fifteen The impact of urban-industrial development on patterns of life.- References.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.8.1989 |
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Zusatzinfo | XIV, 370 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 0-04-574033-X / 004574033X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-04-574033-8 / 9780045740338 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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