Biogeography of the West Indies : patterns and perspectives /: patterns and perspectives. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charles A. Woods and Florence E. Sergile.
• Other Names: Woods, Charles A (Charles Arthur); Sergile, Florence E (Florence Etienne), 1954-
• Contents: Introduction and historical overview of patterns of West Indian biogeography / Charles A. Woods -- Biogeography of the West Indies: an overview / S. Blair Hedges -- Climate change in the circum-Caribbean (late Pleistocene to present) and implications for regional biogeography / Jason H. Curtis, Mark Brenner and David A. Hodell -- Functional adaptations to island life in the West Indies / Brian K. McNab -- Phylogeny and biogeography of Lyonia sect. Lyonia (Ericaceae) / Walter S. Judd -- Patterns of endemism and biogeography of Cuban insects / Julio A. Genaro and Ana E. Tejuca -- Patterns in the biogeography of West Indian ticks / Jorge O. de la Cruz -- The contribution of the Caribbean to the spider fauna of Florida / Jonathan Reiskind -- Rhysodine beetles in the West Indies / Ross T. Bell -- The biogeography of the West Indian butterflies (Lepidoptera): an application of a vicariance/dispersalist model / Jacqueline Y. Miller and Lee D. Miller -- Relationships and divergence times of West Indian amphibians and reptiles: insights from albumin immunology / Carla Ann Hass, Linda R. Maxson and S. Blair Hedges -- The historic and prehistoric distribution of parrots (Psittacidae) in the West Indies / Matthew I. Williams and David W. Steadman -- Early Tertiary vertebrate fossils from Seven Rivers, Parish of St. James, Jamaica and their biogeographical implications / Roger W. Portell, Stephen K. Donovan and Daryl P. Domning -- The sloths of the West Indies: a systematic and phylogenetic review / Jennifer L. White and Ross D.E. MacPhee -- The origin of the Greater Antillean insectivorans / Howard P. Whidden and Robert J. Asher -- Systematics and biogeography of the West Indian genus Solenodon / Jose A. Ottenwalder. Characterization of the mitochondrial control region in Solenodon paradoxus from Hispaniola and the implications for biogeography, systematics and conservation management / Marc W. Allard [and others] -- Insular patterns and radiations of West Indian rodents / Charles A. Woods, Rafael Borroto Paéz and C. William Kilpatrick -- Biogeography of West Indian bats: an ecological perspective / Armando Rodríguez-Durán and Thomas H. Kunz -- Patterns of extinction in West Indian bats / Gary S. Morgan -- The mongoose in the West Indies: the biogeography and population biology of an introduced species / G. Roy Horst, Donald B. Hoagland and C. William Kilpatrick -- Status and biogeography of the West Indian manatee / Lynn W. Lefebvre [and others] -- Historical biogeography in Cuba: 19th-century interpretations and misinterpretations / Pedro M. Pruna Goodgall -- Native American use of animals in the Caribbean / Elizabeth S. Wing -- The prehistory and early history of the Caribbean / Samuel M. Wilson -- Impact of hunting on Jamaican hutia (Geocapromys brownii) populations: evidence from zooarchaeology and hunter surveys / Laurie Wilkins -- Status of conservation in Haiti: a 10-year retrospective / Florence E. Sergile and Charles A. Woods.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (582 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 578/.09729; Biogeography -- West Indies; Natural history -- West Indies; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West Indies; SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy; NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife; Biogeography; Natural history; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Biogeografie; Natuurlijke historie; West Indies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420039482; 9781420039481
• Related ISBNs: 0849320011; 9780849320019
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.