Land Bridges: Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

by Alan Graham

Book Overview

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity. When they form, organisms are introduced into a new patchwork of species and habitats, forever altering the ecosystems into which they flow; and when land bridges disappear or fracture, organisms are separated into reproductively isolated populations that can evolve independently. More than this, land bridges play a role in determining global climates through changes to moisture and heat transport and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022654415X
• ISBN13: 9780226544151
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"