Phylogeography of California : an introduction /
'Phylogeography of California' examines the evolution of ancient, recent, native, and migratory taxa to elucidate the major and minor evolutionary events that shaped the distribution, radiation, and speciation of the biota of California. This work examines and interprets the evolutionary h...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Geologic and Organismal History. 1. Introduction ; 2. Historical processes that shaped California ; 3. The Cenozoic era : Paleogene and Neogene periods (65-2.6 Ma) ; 4. Quaternary geologic and climatic changes
- Part II. Phylogeographic Patterns in Various Taxa. 5. Conifers ; 6. Flowering plants ; 7. Insects ; 8. Fishes ; 9. Amphibians ; 10. Reptiles ; 11. Birds ; 12. Mammals ; 13. Marine mammals
- Part III. Summary. 14. Consistent phylogeographic patterns across taxa and major evolutionary events ; 15. Conservation implications and recommendations.
