Origins of Biogeography The role of biological classification in early plant and animal geography /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ebach, Malte Christian (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 13
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Biology > Philosophy.; Philosophy of Biology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

Biogeography is a multidisciplinary field with multiple origins in 19th century taxonomic practice. The Origins of Biogeography presents a revised history of early biogeography and investigates the split in taxonomic practice, between the classification of taxa and the classification of vegetation....

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue
• Chapter 1. A History of Biogeography for the 21st century Biogeographer
• Chapter 2 Origins, Race & Distribution
• Chapter 3. Humboldt, Stromeyer and Candolle
• Chapter 4. Classification Divided
• Chapter 5. Plant and Animal Geography in Practise: Maps, Regions and Regionalisation
• Chapter 6. The Legacy of 19th Century Plant and Animal Geography
• Epilogue
• Biosketches
• Appendix. Translation of the Introduction to “Commentatio Inauguralis Sistens Historiae Vegetablium Geographiae Specimen” by Friedrich Stromeyer (1800)(Translation by Mark Garland).  .