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Evolution of Desert Biota / ed. by David W. Goodall.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2014]Copyright date: 1976Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292769618
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 575/.00994
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  • QH88
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin and Floristic Affinities of the South American Temperate Desert and Semidesert Regions -- 3. The Evolution of Australian Desert Plants -- 4. Evolution of Arid Vegetation in Tropical America -- 5. Adaptation of Australian Vertebrates to Desert Conditions -- 6. Species and Guild Similarity of North American Desert Mammal Faunas: A Functional Analysis of Communities -- 7. The Evolution of Amphibian Life Histories in the Desert -- 8. Adaptation of Anurans to Equivalent Desert Scrub of North and South America -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index
Summary: Written by specialists in the field, the papers in this volume explore evolution of animals and plants on the deserts of North America, South America, and Australia. Together, the articles constitute a complete survey of the geological history of the deserts of three continents, the evolution of the animals and plants of those deserts, and their adaptations to the environments in which they live. The first paper, by Otto T. Solbrig, discusses the flora of the South American temperate and semidesert regions, citing numerous genera and reasons that they are found in the different areas. John S. Beard uses the same approach in his discussion of the evolution of Australian desert plants and focuses on western Australian areas. Guillermo Sarmiento appraises the evolution of arid vegetation in tropical America, including the Lesser Antilles and the Coast Range of Venezuela and Colombia. A. R. Main surveys the adaptation of Australian vertebrates to desert conditions and gives examples of how various species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians adapt to their environment in order for the greatest number to survive. James A. MacMahon designates specific communities in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts and discusses the similarity of species of the North American desert mammal faunas found there, while Bobbi S. Low focuses on the evolution of amphibian life histories in the desert and compiles a lengthy table of amphibia comparing egg size, habitat, number of eggs per clutch, and so forth. Finally, W. Frank Blair treats adaptation of anurans to equivalent desert scrub of North and South America and cites various species of frogs and toads that are found in similar areas. The volume also includes an introduction by the editor and an index. Evolution of Desert Biota is the result of a symposium held during the First International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology in Boulder, Colorado; in August 1973.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin and Floristic Affinities of the South American Temperate Desert and Semidesert Regions -- 3. The Evolution of Australian Desert Plants -- 4. Evolution of Arid Vegetation in Tropical America -- 5. Adaptation of Australian Vertebrates to Desert Conditions -- 6. Species and Guild Similarity of North American Desert Mammal Faunas: A Functional Analysis of Communities -- 7. The Evolution of Amphibian Life Histories in the Desert -- 8. Adaptation of Anurans to Equivalent Desert Scrub of North and South America -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index

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Written by specialists in the field, the papers in this volume explore evolution of animals and plants on the deserts of North America, South America, and Australia. Together, the articles constitute a complete survey of the geological history of the deserts of three continents, the evolution of the animals and plants of those deserts, and their adaptations to the environments in which they live. The first paper, by Otto T. Solbrig, discusses the flora of the South American temperate and semidesert regions, citing numerous genera and reasons that they are found in the different areas. John S. Beard uses the same approach in his discussion of the evolution of Australian desert plants and focuses on western Australian areas. Guillermo Sarmiento appraises the evolution of arid vegetation in tropical America, including the Lesser Antilles and the Coast Range of Venezuela and Colombia. A. R. Main surveys the adaptation of Australian vertebrates to desert conditions and gives examples of how various species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians adapt to their environment in order for the greatest number to survive. James A. MacMahon designates specific communities in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts and discusses the similarity of species of the North American desert mammal faunas found there, while Bobbi S. Low focuses on the evolution of amphibian life histories in the desert and compiles a lengthy table of amphibia comparing egg size, habitat, number of eggs per clutch, and so forth. Finally, W. Frank Blair treats adaptation of anurans to equivalent desert scrub of North and South America and cites various species of frogs and toads that are found in similar areas. The volume also includes an introduction by the editor and an index. Evolution of Desert Biota is the result of a symposium held during the First International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology in Boulder, Colorado; in August 1973.

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