Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections
Title:
Land bridges : ancient environments, plant migrations, and New World connections
JLCTITLE245:
Alan Graham.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780226544298
9780226544151
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. 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) -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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.