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Author McCarthy, Dennis, 1964-

Title Here be dragons : how the study of animal and plant distributions revolutionized our views of life and earth / Dennis McCarthy.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press Inc., 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  578.09 MCC    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  578.09 MCCARTHY    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 214 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.
Contents Galápagan epiphany: how the distribution of plants and animals led Darwin to the theory of evolution -- The Mesosaurus problem: how fossil locations helped revolutionized our view of earth history -- Pygmy mammoths and mysterious islands: why the geography of certain island groups, like Hawaii, Galápagos, 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.
Subject Biogeography.
Plate tectonics.
Evolution (Biology)
ISBN 9780199542468
0199542465
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