Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia

Cambridge 2012, geb., 475 Seiten, Abb. Mit den Kapiteln Wallace, Darwin and Southeast Asia: the real field site of evolution, Sundaland and Wallacea: geology, plate tectonics and palaeogeography, A review of the Cenozoic palaeoclimate history of Southeast Asia, Quaternary dynamics of Sundaland forests, The Malesian floristic interchange - plant migration patterns across Wallace's Line, Biogeography and distribution patterns of Southeast Asian palms, Historical biogeography inference in Malesia, Biodiversity hotspots, evolution and coral reef biogeography, Tsunami impacts in the marine environment: review and results from studies in Thailand, Coalescent-based analysis of demography - applications to biogeography on Sulawesi, Aquatic biodiversity hotspots in Wallacea - the species flocks in the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Molecular biogeography and phylogeography of the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, Patterns of biodiversity discovery through time - an historical analysis of amphibian species discoveries in the Southeast Asian mainland and adjacent island archipelagos, Wildlife trade as an impediment to conservation as exemplified by the trade in reptiles in Southeast Asia, The tropical peat swamps of Southeast Asia - human impacts on biodiversity, hydrology and carbon dynamics, Southeast Asian biodiversity crisis, Index.