| Description |
vii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Of garter snakes and Gondwana -- Earth and life -- From Noah's ark to New York : the roots of the story -- The fragmented world -- Over the edge of reason -- New Zealand stirrings -- Trees and time -- The DNA explosion -- Believe the forest -- The improbable, the rare, the mysterious, and the miraculous -- The green web -- A frog's tale -- The monkey's voyage -- The long, strange history of the Gondwanan islands -- Transformations -- The structure of biogeographic "revolutions" -- A world shaped by miracles -- Epilogue : the driftwood coast. |
| Local Note |
BRPLADFIC |
| Subject |
Animals -- Dispersal.
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Plants -- Dispersal.
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Biogeography.
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| ISBN |
9780465020515 hardcover |
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0465020518 hardcover |
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