Biogeography & Geomorphology Hardcover – September 15, 2010
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| Management number | 220812310 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | US$31.52 | Model Number | 220812310 | ||
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Biogeography is the study of the distribution of biodiversity over space and time. It aims to reveal where organisms live, and at what abundanceand why? Meanwhile, geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them. Geomorphologists seek to understand why landscapes look the way they do. This book introduces readers to some of the latest research in these fields, as well as the practical applications, such as measuring the effects of climate change, hazard assessments including landslide prediction and mitigation, river control and restoration, coastal protection, and assessing the presence of water on Mars.Selected Contents: Endemicity, Biogeography, Composition, and Community Structure; Phylogeny and Biogeography of Hawkmoths; Mitochondrial Phylogeography of Baboons; Pleistocene Glacial Refugia Across the Appalachian Mountains and Coastal Plain in the Millipede Genus Narceus; Phylogeography and Historical Demography of the Lusitanian Snail Elona Quimperiana Reveal Survival in Unexpected Separate Glacial Refugia; Molecular Biogeography; Biogeography of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Genes... Read more
| ISBN10 | 9781926686646 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1926686646 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Apple Academic Press, Inc. |
| Print length | 305 pages |
| Publication date | September 15, 2010 |
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