Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections /: ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• 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 ; 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.
• 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.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 19, 2018).
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