Plate tectonics and distribution of animals: Plate tectonics and its effect on the distribution of animals in Africa and adjecent continents - Couverture souple

Ejigu, Dessalegn; Getahun, Abebe

 
9783846525883: Plate tectonics and distribution of animals: Plate tectonics and its effect on the distribution of animals in Africa and adjecent continents
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 384652588X ISBN 13 : 9783846525883
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This reference material focuses on plate tectonics and its effect on global distribution of animals giving especial emphasis on distribution of fauna in Africa and adjacent continents. The present global distribution patterns of animals are largely brought about as a result of shifting land masses. When the continents separated they took their species and when animals with a common ancestor are isolated from their sister groups, they tend to develop their own independent evolution. Although vicariance offers the best explanation for the distribution patterns of major biotas, dispersion is known to occur and is especially important in accounting for the distribution of organisms. Currently available data are most consistent with the Africa-first model for animal distribution, and suggesting that it was the first of the major Gondwana land masses its terrestrial vertebrate faunas became progressively more regional during the Cretaceous Period.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This reference material focuses on plate tectonics and its effect on global distribution of animals giving especial emphasis on distribution of fauna in Africa and adjacent continents. The present global distribution patterns of animals are largely brought about as a result of shifting land masses. When the continents separated they took their species and when animals with a common ancestor are isolated from their sister groups, they tend to develop their own independent evolution. Although vicariance offers the best explanation for the distribution patterns of major biotas, dispersion is known to occur and is especially important in accounting for the distribution of organisms. Currently available data are most consistent with the Africa-first model for animal distribution, and suggesting that it was the first of the major Gondwana land masses its terrestrial vertebrate faunas became progressively more regional during the Cretaceous Period.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dessalegn Ejigu is Lecturer at Bahir Dar University,Ethiopia, and a PhD candidate at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, who is specializing in animal ecology; and Abebe Getahun is a PhD holder and Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University who is an expert in fish conservation, systematics and biogeography.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
384652588X
ISBN 13 
9783846525883
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
68
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