Biogeography

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment. By contrast, cities are sites of action and ...

The negotiation of the Canada–U.S. Free Trade agreement in 1985–88 initiated a period of substantially increased North American, and later, global ...

The recent progress in analytical methods, aided by bringing in a wide range of other disciplines, opens up the study to a broader field, which mea...

Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canada’s natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadi...

Population genetics has made great strides in applying statistical analysis and mathematical modeling to understand how genes mutate and spread thr...

Though biogeography may be simply defined--the study of the geographic distributions of organisms--the subject itself is extraordinarily complex, i...

Using cases of plant migration documented by both historical and fossil evidence, Jonathan D. Sauer provides a landmark assessment of what is prese...

In this innovative, wide-ranging synthesis of anthropology and biogeography, Alexander Harcourt tells how and why our species came to be distribute...

Ecologists and biogeographers have been intrigued for a long time by the striking similarity of the vegetation and flora of southern temperate zone...

Despite intense interest in this biologically diverse and ecologically important region, the mammals of South America are still not well known. Thi...

The story of life's splendid drama has captivated generations of the general public, just as it has intrigued biologists, especially those who bega...

Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This ...

Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife. This book investigates the biogeography of b...