Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections /: ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections. (2018)
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- Title:
- Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections /: ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections
- Further Information:
- Note: Alan Graham.
- Authors:
- Graham, Alan, 1934-
- Contents:
- Introduction -- Boreal land bridges. Bering land bridge ; Beringia. Background ; West Beringia: Siberia and Kamchatka ; Siberia. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Kamchatka. Geographic setting and climate ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; East Beringia: Alaska, Northwestern North America, and the Aleutian connection. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Bering land bridge ; Peopling of America (from the West) ; North Atlantic land bridge: Northeastern North America, Greenland, Iceland, Arctic islands, Northwestern Europe ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Utilization of the North Atlantic land bridge ; Modernization of the flora ; Biodiversity and vegetation density ; Floristic relationships between Eastern Asia and Eastern North America ; Geofloras and the Madrean-Tethyan hypothesis ; Indigenous people ; Peopling of America (from the East) -- Equatorial land bridges. Antillean land bridge. Stepping stones or lost highway ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Antillean land bridge ; Central American land bridge. South and North of the Calb ; Geographic setting and climate ; Forging the final link: geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Calb -- Austral land bridge. Magellan land bridge: Cono del Sur and Antarctica. Cono del Sur ;Introduction -- Boreal land bridges. Bering land bridge ; Beringia. Background ; West Beringia: Siberia and Kamchatka ; Siberia. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Kamchatka. Geographic setting and climate ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; East Beringia: Alaska, Northwestern North America, and the Aleutian connection. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Bering land bridge ; Peopling of America (from the West) ; North Atlantic land bridge: Northeastern North America, Greenland, Iceland, Arctic islands, Northwestern Europe ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Utilization of the North Atlantic land bridge ; Modernization of the flora ; Biodiversity and vegetation density ; Floristic relationships between Eastern Asia and Eastern North America ; Geofloras and the Madrean-Tethyan hypothesis ; Indigenous people ; Peopling of America (from the East) -- Equatorial land bridges. Antillean land bridge. Stepping stones or lost highway ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Antillean land bridge ; Central American land bridge. South and North of the Calb ; Geographic setting and climate ; Forging the final link: geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Calb -- Austral land bridge. Magellan land bridge: Cono del Sur and Antarctica. Cono del Sur ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Peopling of South America (from the North) -- Antarctica. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology -- Land bridges and island biogeography. Utilization of the Magellan land bridge ; Cono del Sur -- Antarctica -- Case studies. Ferns and allied groups ; Gymnosperms ; Angiosperms ; Monocotyledons ; Dicotyledons -- Summary and conclusions. Events, processes, and responses ; Bering land bridge ; North Atlantic land bridge ; Antillean land bridge ; Central American land bridge ; Magellan land bridge -- Conceptual issues and future needs. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 551.41
Science -- General
Natural bridges -- Western Hemisphere
Landforms -- Western Hemisphere
Biogeography -- Western Hemisphere
Plant diversity -- Western Hemisphere
Biogeography
Landforms
Natural bridges
Plant diversity
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology
Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution
Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany
Science -- Paleontology
Science -- Earth Sciences -- General
Western Hemisphere
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780226544328
- Related ISBNs:
- 022654432X
9780226544151
022654415X
9780226544298
022654429X - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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