BIOGEOGRAPHY TIME AND PLACE DISTRIBUTIONS BARRIERS AND ISLANDS

THIS BOOK OFFERS EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE FIELDS OF PALEONTOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY AS PATTERNS OF BIODIVERSITY HAVE LONG ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF BOTH BIOLOGISTS AND PALEONTOLOGISTS. IT COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED ISLAND FAUNAS, PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND ZOOMORPHOLOGY. THE BOOK SHOWS THAT PATTERNS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM IF LOOKED AT WITHOUT A SPATIAL OR TEMPORAL REFERENCE.