Land Bridges – Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections - Image 1

£167.68

University of Chicago Press Land Bridges – Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

Name: Land Bridges - Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections
Brand: University of Chicago Press
Price: 167.68 GBP
Availability: InStock

Biological Science

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£168 today · previous high £168 · all-time low £110

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 51 days • 51 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 51 days • 4 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £164 (19 days, 37.3%)

Price range: £110 - £168

Price levels: 4 different prices over 51 days

Description

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity. When they form, organisms are introduced into a new patchwork of species and habitats, forever altering the ecosystems into which they flow; and when land bridges disappear or fracture, organisms are separated into reproductively isolated populations that can evolve independently. More than this, land bridges play a role in determining global climates through changes to moisture and heat transport and are also essential factors in the development of biogeographic patterns across geographically remote regions. In this book, paleobotanist Alan Graham traces the formation and disruption of key New World land bridges and describes the biotic, climatic, and biogeographic ramifications of these land masses’ changing formations over time. Looking at five land bridges, he explores their present geographic setting and climate, modern vegetation, indigenous peoples (with special attention to their impact on past and present vegetation), and geologic history. From the great Panamanian isthmus to the boreal connections across the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans that allowed exchange of organisms between North America, Europe, and Asia, Graham’s sweeping, one-hundred-million-year history offers new insight into the forces that shaped the life and land of the New World. Review "The main strength of the book is the amount of information presented, including the number of plant names of present and past taxa in many lo-cations, and also of references to remote old times and places (especially Siberia) discussed in text and massive supplementary materials, which may help anyone not directly interested in paleobotany and paleoecology. . . . the insight provoked by Land Bridges will also be useful for researchers. . ."-- "New Biological Books" " Land Bridges attempts to reconstruct the broad outlines of the geological and paleobotanical history of the last hundred million years. The history of plate tectonics--how it influenced past plant migration, current composition of regional floras, and intercontinental linkages--makes this book a great pleasure to read. While reading, admiration gradually increases for how Graham is able to make a fascinating story out of such a large bulk of evidence. Few scientists have developed such an impressive, integrated picture of earth history. Spectacular."--Henry Hooghiemstra, University of Amsterdam "Graham is among the best paleobotanists in the world. In multiple works, he has synthesized vast amounts of information to produce a paleo perspective on plant diversity through the last hundred million years. Within those works, he has touched on the role of land bridges, but not with the attention shown here. The topic is clear and timely, and this highly original work has great potential to contribute to the biogeographical history of the Americas."--Paul Manos, Duke University About the Author Alan Graham is curator of paleobotany and palynology at the Missouri Botanical Garden. He is the author of several books, including Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Latin American Vegetation and Terrestrial Environments and A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Product Specifications

Brand: University of Chicago Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 022654415X
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Biological Sciences > Biological Science
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 24 April 2018
Listed Since: 13 September 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

University of Chicago Press Land Bridges – Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Land Bridges: Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas

A Natural History of the New World – The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the

Catalogue of Selected Angiosperm Pollen Grains from Palaeogene and Neogene Sediments of India (Society of Earth Scientists Series)

Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York

Tools for Landscape-Scale Geobotany and Conservation (Geobotany Studies)

Plants Invade the Land – Evolutionary & Environmental Perspectives (The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology)

Springer - The Physical Geography of Brazil Textbook

Routledge - Chromosome Woman: E. K. Janaki Ammal Biography

Plant Ecology & Evolution in Harsh Environments (Environmental Research Advances)

The Emerald Planet: How plants changed Earth's history

Cadmium Tolerance in Plants: Agronomic, Molecular, Signaling, and Omic Approaches

The Biodiversity of African Plants: Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress 22–27 August 1994, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Saline and Alkaline Soils in Latin America: Natural Resources, Management and Productive Alternatives

Saline and Alkaline Soils in Latin America: Natural Resources, Management and Productive Alternatives

New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: An Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review)

New Studies on Former and Recent Landscape Changes in Africa: Palaeoecology of Africa 32

Changes in the Environment: Implications on Vegetation (Environmental Research Advances)

Springer - Brassicaceae Biology and Environmental Stress Book

Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 1: Large Rivers, From Abundance to Scarcity (Geosciences)

Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in Argentina: Proceedings of the Seventh Argentine Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies Congress (Springer Earth System Sciences)

Being alive on land: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Adaptations to the Terrestial Environment Held in Halkidiki, Greece, 1982: 13 (Tasks for Vegetation Science, 13)

The Planner’s Guide to Natural Resource Conservation:: The Science of Land Development Beyond the Metropolitan Fringe