A Biogeographical Analysis of the Chihuahuan Desert through its Herpetofauna - eerste uitgave

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789061932109
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9061932106
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Verschijningsjaar: 1977
Uitgever: Kluwer Academic Publishers
324 Bladzijden
Gewicht: 0,649 kg
Taal: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9061932106

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Auteur: D.J. Morafka
Titel: Biogeographica; A Biogeographical Analysis of the Chihuahuan Desert through its Herpetofauna
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer Netherland
321 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 1977-03-31
Dordrecht; NL
Gewicht: 0,653 kg
Taal: Engels
181,89 € (DE)
186,99 € (AT)
200,50 CHF (CH)
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321 p.

BB; Book; Hardcover, Softcover / Biologie/Ökologie; Ökologie, Biosphäre; Verstehen; Fauna; classification; ecotone; hydrology; vegetation; B; Ecology; Ecology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; BC; EA

I. Introduction.- II. Sources, Methods and Analytical Procedures.- Data Sources.- Methods of Data Compilation and Presentation.- Analytical Procedures.- III. Climate.- Existing Conditions.- Causal Factors.- Comparative Climates of North American Deserts.- IV. The Physiography of the Chihuahuan Desert.- Geography and Dimensions.- Topography.- Geological History.- Adjacent Topographical Features.- Soils.- Hydrology.- V. Vegetation.- A. Chihuahuan Desert Vegetation.- B. Non-Desert Relict and Border Vegetation.- VI. Definitions, Terminology and the Base map of the Chihuahuan Desert.- The Concept of a Desert.- Biogeographical Terminology.- Historical Résumé of the Chihuahuan Desert as a Biogeographical Unit.- Definition of the Chihuahuan Desert and the Base map.- VII. The Herpetofauna.- Systematic Problems in the Classification of Chihuahuan Herpetofauna.- A Statement of Systematic Positions.- A Checklist of Extant Amphibian and Reptilian Species Occurring within the Geographical Chihuahuan Desert.- Addenda to the Checklist of Amphibian and Reptile Species Occurring within the Geographical Chihuahuan Desert.- VIII. The Ecological Affinities of the Chihuahuan Herpetofauna.- Ecological Affinities and Faunal Assemblages in a Biogeographical Unit.- Correlations between Plant Associations and the Habitat Distribution.- A. Chihuahuan Desert Scrub Association.- B. The Mesquite Grassland Ecotone.- C. Chaparral Association.- D. Desert Riparian Associations (Woodland & Marsh).- E. Juniper-Piny on Woodland Association.- F. Montane Coniferous Forest.- Analysis of Ecologically Based Herpetofauna Assemblages.- Habitat Displacement or Restriction.- Habitat Segregation and the Influence of Geographical Faciations.- IX. A Spatial Analysis of the Chihuahuan Herpetofauna.- Objectives.- Preliminary Evaluation of the Primary Area.- Subdivisions of the Chihuahuan Desert.- The Affinities of the Chihuahuan Desert Herpetofauna with those of Adjacent Non-Desert Provinces.- Chihuahuan Desert Filter Barriers and Extralimital Desert Relict Herpetofaunas.- The Affinities among North American Desert Herpetofaunas.- Montane Relict Herpetofaunas.- Riparian Herpetofaunas within the Chihuahuan Desert.- X. A Historical Biogeography of the Chihuahuan Herpetofauna.- The Cretaceous Period.- Paleogene Period.- Early Neogene Period.- The Mexican Plateau as an Evolutionary Center.- Late Pliocene Epoch.- The Pleistocene.- The Glacials.- The Interglacials.- The Pluvial Period, Post Wisconsin.- The Xerothermic Period, Post Wisconsin.- XI. Summary.- Literature.- Appendix I. Biogeographical Features.- Appendix II. Species Distribution Maps.