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Quaternary ecology, evolution and biogeography
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ISBN: 0128204737 9780128204740 0128204745 9780128204733 Year: 2020 Publisher: London : Academic Press,

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Quaternary Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography offers an introduction to the study of the ecological and evolutionary processes that have shaped our present biosphere under the influence of glacial-interglacial cycles. Written by an ecologist with paleoecological expertise, this book reviews the climactic changes that have occurred during the last 2.6 million years, along with the responses of organisms and ecosystems. It offers an understanding of the evolutionary origin of extant biodiversity, its biogeographical patterns, and the composition of modern ecological communities. In addition, it explores human evolution and the influence of our activities on the biosphere, especially in the last millennia.


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Paleoecological research on Easter Island : insights on settlement, climate changes, deforestation and cultural shifts
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ISBN: 0128227478 9780128227473 9780128227275 0128227273 Year: 2020 Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier,

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Biodiversity of Pantepui : the pristine lost world of the neotropical Guiana Highlands
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ISBN: 9780128155929 0128155922 9780128155912 0128155914 Year: 2019 Publisher: London, England : Academic Press,

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Biodiversity of Pantepui: The Pristine "Lost World" of the Neotropical Guiana Highlands provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on the biota, origin, and evolution of the Pantepui biogeographical province. It synthesizes historical information and recent discoveries, covering the main biogeographic patterns, evolutionary trends, and conservational efforts. Written by international experts on the biodiversity of this pristine land, this book explores what makes Pantepui a unique natural laboratory to study the origin and evolution of Neotropical biodiversity under the influence of only natural drivers. It discusses the organisms living in Pentepui, including algae, plants, several groups of invertebrates, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. The latter portion of the book delves into the effects of human activity and global warming on Pantepui, and current conservational efforts to combat these threats. Biodiversity of Pantepui is an important resource for researchers in ecology, biogeography, evolution, and conservation, who want to understand the biodiversity and natural history of this region, and how to help conserve and protect the Guiana Highlands from environmental and human damages.


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Quaternary ecology, evolution and biogeography
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Quaternary Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography offers an introduction to the study of the ecological and evolutionary processes that have shaped our present biosphere under the influence of glacial-interglacial cycles. Written by an ecologist with paleoecological expertise, this book reviews the climactic changes that have occurred during the last 2.6 million years, along with the responses of organisms and ecosystems. It offers an understanding of the evolutionary origin of extant biodiversity, its biogeographical patterns, and the composition of modern ecological communities. In addition, it explores human evolution and the influence of our activities on the biosphere, especially in the last millennia.


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Paleoecological research on Easter Island : insights on settlement, climate changes, deforestation and cultural shifts
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ISBN: 0128227478 9780128227473 Year: 2020 Publisher: San Diego Elsevier

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Paleocological Research on Easter Island: Insights on Settlement, Climate Changes, Deforestation and Cultural Shifts examines the area's climatic and ecological history, a topic not usually addressed in other literature. The book provides a thorough and synthetic account of all paleoecological works developed to date, including the latest discoveries. Finally, it attempts to match paleoecological evidence with the results of other disciplines creating a multidisciplinary framework. This approach to the field is ideal for researchers, university professors and graduate students in a varied range of disciplines and subdisciplines, including ecology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology, biogeography, sedimentology, and paleontology. Users will find synthesized information on Easter Island from the last millennia that will help pave the way towards an integrated interdisciplinary vision of the island's environmental-ecological-cultural system as a complex functional unit. Human and environmental deterministic views are avoided and the Easter Island enigmas are analyzed under a holistic perspective of continuous feedbacks and synergies among the different components of the system. --

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The prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) : towards an integrative interdisciplinary framework
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ISBN: 3030911268 3030911276 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing AG,

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The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) : Towards an Integrative Interdisciplinary Framework
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ISBN: 9783030911270 9783030911263 9783030911287 9783030911294 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing

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This book addresses the main enigmas of Easter Island's (Rapa Nui, in the Polynesian language) prehistory from the time of initial settlement to European contact with a multidisciplinary perspective. The main topics include: (i) the time of first settlement and the origin of the first settlers; (ii) the main features of prehistoric Rapanui culture and their changes; (iii) the deforestation of the island and its timing and causes; (iv) the extinction of the indigenous biota, (v) the occurrence of climatic shifts and their potential effects on socioecological trends; (vi) the evidence for a cultural and demographic collapse before European contact; and (vii) the influence of Europeans on prehistoric Rapanui society. The book is subdivided into thematic sections and each chapter is written by renowned specialists in disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, paleoecology, ethnography, linguistics, ethnobotany, phylogenetics/phylogeography and history. Contributors have been invited to provide an open and objective vision that includes as many views as possible on the topics considered. In this way, the readers may be able to compare different of points of view and make their own interpretations on each of the subjects considered. The book is intended for a wide audience including graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, university teachers and researchers interested in the subject. Given its multidisciplinary character and the topics included, the book is suitable for students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines and interests.


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Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes
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ISBN: 3030311678 303031166X Year: 2020 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in various neotropical ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes. All chapters were written by prominent researchers in the fields of tropical biology, molecular ecology, climatology, paleoecology, and geography, producing an outstanding collection of essays, synthetic analyses, and novel investigations that describe and improve our understanding of the biodiversity of this unique region. With chapters on the Amazon and Caribbean forests, the Atlantic rainforests, the Andes, the Cerrado savannahs, the Caatinga drylands, the Chaco, and Mesoamerica – along with broad taxonomic coverage – this book summarizes a wide range of hypotheses, views, and methods concerning the processes and mechanisms of neotropical diversification. The range of perspectives presented makes the book a truly comprehensive, state-of-the-art publication on the topic, which will fascinate both scientists and general readers alike.

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Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Biodiversity. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Community ecology, Biotic. --- Animal ecology. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Community & Population Ecology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Animals --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Botany --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy --- Plants --- Biodiversity --- Tropics. --- Ecologia de les zones humides --- Biodiversitat --- Biogeografia --- Tròpics --- Corologia --- Corotips --- Distribució geogràfica d'animals i plantes --- Distribució geogràfica de les espècies --- Distribució geogràfica dels animals i les plantes --- Biologia --- Geografia --- Geografia humana --- Filogeografia --- Fitogeografia --- Paleobiogeografia --- Zoogeografia --- Introducció d'animals --- Diversitat biològica --- Diversitat d'ecosistemes --- Diversitat d'espècies --- Diversitat genètica --- Ecologia --- Recursos genètics --- Ecosistemes de les zones humides --- Ecologia de les maresmes --- Ecologia dels pantans --- Ecologia ripícola --- Animals de les zones humides --- Zones humides --- Països tropicals --- Regions equatorials --- Regions intertropicals --- Regions tropicals --- Zona tropical --- Terra (Planeta)


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Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes
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ISBN: 9783030311674 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in various neotropical ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes. All chapters were written by prominent researchers in the fields of tropical biology, molecular ecology, climatology, paleoecology, and geography, producing an outstanding collection of essays, synthetic analyses, and novel investigations that describe and improve our understanding of the biodiversity of this unique region. With chapters on the Amazon and Caribbean forests, the Atlantic rainforests, the Andes, the Cerrado savannahs, the Caatinga drylands, the Chaco, and Mesoamerica – along with broad taxonomic coverage – this book summarizes a wide range of hypotheses, views, and methods concerning the processes and mechanisms of neotropical diversification. The range of perspectives presented makes the book a truly comprehensive, state-of-the-art publication on the topic, which will fascinate both scientists and general readers alike.


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The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
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ISBN: 9783030911270 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer

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