 
Biogeography: Introduction to Space, Time, and Life
ISBN: 978-0-471-24193-5
Hardcover
528 pages
February 2002, ©2003
US $164.95
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- Illustrative examples from recent research publications and "classic" studies are prominently featured throughout the book.
- BioGeography is treated at a global level with North American examples featured prominently to help students relate the concepts to their own lives.
- Research techniques are highlighted in "special interest" boxes. Illustrations and descriptions of research techniques are provided with examples such as fire-scars from trees used to reconstruct disturbance, fossil pollen used to reconstruct vegetation change and plant migration, transect and quadrate sampling.
- Includes the introduction of mathematical equations relating to measures of diversity, biotic similarity, and island biogeography to name a few.
- Provides coverage of basic concepts of biology-ecology, physical geography-climatology, and geology which are relevant to biogeography.
- Disturbance is treated as an important component controlling the distribution of life. The impact of natural and human disturbance is one of the most interesting topics for biogeography students.
- Includes key biogeographical theories that link space and time to the distribution of life. Some of these theories include:
- Ranges, Reflicts, Refuges, Corridors, Barriers
- Centers of Origins
- Cladistics
- Variance
- Island BioGeography
- Diversity Theory
- Gap Analysis for Conservation
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