Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections / Alan Graham.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Alan, 1934- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Natural bridges > Western Hemisphere.
Landforms > Western Hemisphere.
Biogeography > Western Hemisphere.
Plant diversity > Western Hemisphere.
Biogeography.
Landforms.
Natural bridges.
Plant diversity.
Western Hemisphere.
Physical Description:xxiii, 310 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Boreal land bridges. Bering land bridge ; Beringia. Background ; West Beringia: Siberia and Kamchatka ; Siberia. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Kamchatka. Geographic setting and climate ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; East Beringia: Alaska, Northwestern North America, and the Aleutian connection. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Bering land bridge ; Peopling of America (from the West) ; North Atlantic land bridge: Northeastern North America, Greenland, Iceland, Arctic islands, Northwestern Europe ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Utilization of the North Atlantic land bridge ; Modernization of the flora ; Biodiversity and vegetation density ; Floristic relationships between Eastern Asia and Eastern North America ; Geofloras and the Madrean-Tethyan hypothesis ; Indigenous people ; Peopling of America (from the East)
  • Equatorial land bridges. Antillean land bridge. Stepping stones or lost highway ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Antillean land bridge ; Central American land bridge. South and North of the Calb ; Geographic setting and climate ; Forging the final link: geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Utilization of the Calb
  • Austral land bridge. Magellan land bridge: Cono del Sur and Antarctica. Cono del Sur ; Geographic setting and climate ; Geology ; Modern vegetation ; Indigenous people ; Peopling of South America (from the North)
  • Antarctica. Geographic setting and climate ; Geology
  • Land bridges and island biogeography. Utilization of the Magellan land bridge ; Cono del Sur
  • Antarctica
  • Case studies. Ferns and allied groups ; Gymnosperms ; Angiosperms ; Monocotyledons ; Dicotyledons
  • Summary and conclusions. Events, processes, and responses ; Bering land bridge ; North Atlantic land bridge ; Antillean land bridge ; Central American land bridge ; Magellan land bridge
  • Conceptual issues and future needs.