Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Historical biogeography. Introduction; Distribution patterns; A history of ideas; Centres of origin; Panbiogeography; Conclusions
2: Methodological developments. Introduction; Cladistics; Cladistics and biogeography; Discussion; Conclusions
3: The real world. Introduction; Same pattern: different taxa; Different patterns: different taxa; Geology and the cladistic biogeographer; Conclusions
4: A new view of the world. Introduction; Tropical versus antitropical; Pangaea, Pacifica, or expanding Earth?; Historical biogeography of the southern end of the world; A new view of the world; Conclusions
Bibliography
Glossary
Index of animal and plant names
General index

About the Author

Christopher J. Humphries, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD cjh@nhm.ac.uk Dr. Lynne R. Parenti, Division of Fishes, MRC NHB 159, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560, USA parentil@nmnh.si.edu

Reviews

"I would recommend Humphries and Parenti's book as a key reference text for any biologist interested in biogeography." Heredity, 83, 1999