Mountains, climate and biodiversity. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Carina Hoorn, Allison Perrigo, Alexandre Antonelli.
• Editors: Hoorn, C (Carina); Perrigo, Allison; Antonelli, Alexandre, 1978-
• Contents: List of Contributors xi Acknowledgments xvii Foreword by Peter Raven xix Biography of Editors xxiii Glossary xxv About the Companion Website xxxv 1 Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: An Introduction 1; Carina Hoorn, Allison Perrigo and Alexandre Antonelli Part I Mountains, Relief and Climate 15 2 Simple Concepts Underlying the Structure, Support and Growth of Mountain Ranges, High Plateaus and Other High Terrain 17; Peter Molnar 3 An Overview of Dynamic Topography: The Influence of Mantle Circulation on Surface Topography and Landscape 37; Caroline M. Eakin and Carolina Lithgow?]Bertelloni 4 Mountain Relief, Climate and Surface Processes 51; Peter van der Beek 5 Dating Mountain Building: Exhumation and Surface Uplift 69; Matthias Bernet, Verónica Torres Acosta and Mauricio A. Bermúdez 6 Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry: Paleotopography as a Key Element in the Evolution of Landscapes and Life 81; Andreas Mulch and C. Page Chamberlain 7 Phytopaleoaltimetry: Using Plant Fossils to Measure Past Land Surface Elevation 95; Robert A. Spicer 8 Cenozoic Mountain Building and Climate Evolution 111; Phoebe G. Aron and Christopher J. Poulsen 9 Paleoclimate 123; Hemmo A. Abels and Martin Ziegler Part II When Biology Meets Mountain Building 135 10 Mountain Geodiversity: Characteristics, Values and Climate Change 137; John E. Gordon 11 Geodiversity Mapping in Alpine Areas 155; Arie C. Seijmonsbergen, Matheus G.G. De Jong, Babs Hagendoorn, Johannes G.B. Oostermeijer and Kenneth F. Rijsdijk 12 Historical Connectivity and Mountain Biodiversity 171; Suzette G.A. Flantua and Henry Hooghiemstra 13 The Environmental Heterogeneity of Mountains at a Fine Scale in a Changing World 187; Andrés J. Cortés and Julia A. Wheeler 14 Mountains, Climate and Mammals 201; Catherine Badgley, Tara M. Smiley and Rachel Cable 15 Inferring Macroevolutionary Dynamics in Mountain Systems from Fossils 217; Daniele Silvestro and Jan Schnitzler 16 The Interplay between Geological History and Ecology in Mountains 231; Catherine H. Graham, Mauricio Parra, Andrés Mora and Camilo Higuera 17 Mountains and the Diversity of Birds 245; Jon Fjeldså 18 Teasing Apart Mountain Uplift, Climate Change and Biotic Drivers of Species Diversification 257; Fabien L. Condamine, Alexandre Antonelli, Laura P. Lagomarsino, Carina Hoorn and Lee Hsiang Liow 19 Upland and Lowland Fishes: A Test of the River Capture Hypothesis 273; James S. Albert, Jack M. Craig, Victor A. Tagliacollo and Paulo Petry 20 Different Ways of Defining Diversity, and How to Apply Them in Montane Systems 295; Hanna Tuomisto 21 A Modeling Framework to Estimate and Project Species Distributions in Space and Time 309; Niels Raes and Jesús Aguirre?]Gutiérrez Part III Mountains and Biota of the World 321 22 Evolution of the Isthmus of Panama: Biological, Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatological Implications 323; Carlos Jaramillo 23 The Tepuis of the Guiana Highlands 339; Otto Huber, Ghillean T. Prance, Salomon B. Kroonenberg and Alexandre Antonelli 24 Ice?]Bound Antarctica: Biotic Consequences of the Shift from a Temperate to a Polar Climate 355; Peter Convey, Vanessa C. Bowman, Steven L. Chown, Jane E. Francis, Ceridwen Fraser, John L. Smellie, Bryan Storey and Aleks Terauds 25 The Biogeography, Origin and Characteristics of the Vascular Plant Flora and Vegetation of the New Zealand Mountains 375; Matt S. McGlone, Peter Heenan, Timothy Millar and Ellen Cieraad 26 The East African Rift System: Tectonics, Climate and Biodiversity 391; Uwe Ring, Christian Albrecht and Friedemann Schrenk 27 The Alps: A Geological, Climatic and Human Perspective on Vegetation History and Modern Plant Diversity 413; Séverine Fauquette, Jean?]Pierre Suc, Frédéric Médail, Serge D. Muller, Gonzalo Jiménez?]Moreno, Adele Bertini, Edoardo Martinetto, Speranta?]Maria Popescu, Zhuo Zheng and Jacques?]Louis de Beaulieu 28 Cenozoic Evolution of Geobiodiversity in the Tibeto?]Himalayan Region 429; Volker Mosbrugger, Adrien Favre, Alexandra N. Muellner?]Riehl, Martin Päckert and Andreas Mulch 29 Neogene Paleoenvironmental Changes and their Role in Plant Diversity in Yunnan, South?]Western China 449; Zhe?]Kun Zhou, Tao Su and Yong?]Jiang Huang 30 Influence of Mountain Formation on Floral Diversification in Japan, Based on Macrofossil Evidence 459; Arata Momohara 31 The Complex History of Mountain Building and the Establishment of Mountain Biota in Southeast Asia and Eastern Indonesia 475; Robert J. Morley Index 495
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.53; Orogeny; Mountain biodiversity; Climatic changes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119159889; 9781119159896
• Related ISBNs: 9781119159872
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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