Here Be Dragons How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth

Name: Here Be Dragons How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth
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ISBN: 9780199595662

ISBN-10: 0199595666

ISBN-13: 9780199595662

Edition: 2011

Authors: Dennis McCarthy

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Why do we find polar bears only in the Arctic and penguins only in the Antarctic? Why do oceanic islands often have many types of birds but no large native mammals?As Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace travelled across distant lands studying the wildlife they both noticed that the distribution of plants and animals formed striking patterns - patterns that held strong clues to the past of the planet.The study of the spatial distribution of living things is known as biogeography. It is a field that could be said to have begun with Darwin and Wallace. In this lively book, Denis McCarthy tells the story of biogeography, from the 19th century to its growth into a major field of…

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List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 6/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.60" wide x 5.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

As a TPM expert, Dennis has pioneered the integration of TPM with Lean and Six Sigma improvement processes as a lever for cross functional collaboration and high performance teamwork. Described by one senior international manager as a true 'Sensei of Change', he has supported many well-respected and award winning companies including 3M, Ford, General Motors, GE, IKEA, Heineken and Johnson Matthey across Europe, India, USA, China and Japan.



Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations


Preface: "That Grand Subject"


Biogeography as the fountainhead of scientific discovery and the unifying theory of life and Earth



Galï¿½pagan Epiphany: How the distributions of plants and animals led Darwin to the theory of evolution



The Mesosaurus Problem: How fossil locations helped revolutionize our view of Earth history



Pygmy Mammoths and Mysterious Islands: Why the geography of certain island groups, like Hawaii, Galï¿½pagos, and the Channel Islands, has turned them into a cauldron of evolutionary catalysts



The Volcanic Ring That Changed the World: How evolution and plate tectonics have operated in concert to govern the major biotic patterns and produce the Earth's most fascinating creatures in the most exotic locales



The Bloody Fall of South America and the Last of the Triassic Beak-Headed Reptiles: South America, Australia, and New Zealand as sanctuaries for "living fossils"



Enchanted Waters: Biogeography among the life aquatic



The Battle Over Eden: The controversy over the biogeographical history of the human race



The Grand Coalescence of Life and Earth: The past, present, and future of biogeography


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index