Paperback • 2011 • English

Here be Dragons How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth

Name: Here be Dragons How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth
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ISBN: 9780199595662

By Dennis McCarthy

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Why do we find polar bears only in the Arctic and penguins only in the Antarctic? Why are marsupials found only in Australia and South America? In a book that Science News called "fascinating and revelatory," Dennis McCarthy tells a story that encompasses two great, insightful theories that together explain the strange patterns of life across the world--evolution and plate tectonics. We find animals and plants where we do because, over time, the continents have moved, separating and uniting in a...Show more

Life sciences: general issues

Ecological science, the Biosphere

Microbiology (non-medical)

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9780199595662

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Here be Dragons How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth

Format

Paperback

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