1. Introduction to biogeography -- 2. A history of biogeography -- 3. Patterns of biodiversity -- 4. Patterns of distribution -- 5. Communities and ecosystems -- 6. The source of novelty -- 7. Life, death and evolution on islands -- 8. Living in the past
-- 9. The geography of life today -- 10. Ice and change -- 11. Transforming the planet -- 12. Drawing lines in the water -- 13. Interpreting the past : I. molecular and isotopic biogeography -- 14. Interpreting the past : II. principles and practice -- 15. Foretelling the future.
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