The Africa-South America connection

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The Africa-South America connection

edited by Wilma George and René Lavocat

(Oxford monographs on biogeography, no. 7)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

The origins of the present-day faunas and floras of Africa and South America have been a fascinating puzzle for hundreds of years, and have provided a remarkable example of the catalytic effect of one scientific discipline upon another. It is now the turn of the biologists to explain how the present faunas and floras have arisen, and this volume brings together the latest information and theories about the interrelations between plate tectonics, palaeontology, and the present distribution of plants and animals.

目次

  • List of contributors
  • 1. The history of the problem
  • 2. Palaeogeography of the opening South Atlantic
  • 3. Palaeoclimatic history of the opening South Atlantic
  • 4. Aspects of aroid geography
  • 5. African-American relationships within the Acrididae (Insecta, Orthroptera)
  • 6. Grube Messel and Africa-South America faunal connections
  • 7. Fossil amphibians and reptiles and the Africa-South America connection
  • 8. Origin of the New World monkeys
  • 9. The strange rodents of Africa and South America
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Appendix: The history of the problem
  • Index

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