Bones, clones, and biomes : the history and geography of recent neotropical mammals /
Patterson, Bruce D.
Costa, Leonora Pires.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the history and geography of neotropical mammals / Bruce D. Patterson and Leonora P. Costa -- pt. 1. The geological setting. Punctuated isolation : the making and mixing of South America's mammals / Darin A. Croft ; Origins, radiations, and distribution of South American mammals : from greenhouse to icehouse worlds / Francisco J. Goin, Javier N. Gelfo, Laura Chornogubsky, Michael O. Woodburne, and Thomas Martin ; Cenozoic Andean faunas : shedding new light on South American mammal evolution, biogeography, environments, and tectonics / John J. Flynn, Reynaldo Charrier, Darin A. Croft, and Andre R. Wyss ; On the evolution of large size in mammalian herbivores of Cenozoic faunas of southern South America / Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Guillermo H. Cassini, Néstor Toledo, and M. Susana Bargo ; Evolution of the South American carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) : a paleontological perspective / Francisco J. Prevosti and Leopoldo H. Soibelzon ; A molecular view on the evolutionary history and biogeography of neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) / Eduardo Eizirik -- pt. 2. Regional patterns. Hierarchical organization of neotropical mammal diversity and its historical basis / Sergio Solari, Paúl M. Velazco, and Bruce D. Patterson ; West Indian mammals : the old, the new, and the recently extinct / Liliana M. Dávalos and Samuel T. Turvey ; Biogeography of Central American mammals : patterns and processes / Ana Laura Almendra and Duke S. Rogers ; Biogeography of mammals from the Guianas of South America / Burton K. Lim ; Speciation in Amazonia : patterns and predictions of a network of hypotheses / Cibele R. Bonvicino and Marcelo Weksler ; Historical fragmentation shaping vertebrate diversification in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot / Leonora P. Costa and Yuri L.R. Leite ; Mammals of the cerrado and caatinga : distribution patterns of the tropical open biomes of central South America / Ana Paula Carmignotto, Mario de Vivo, and Alfredo Langguth ; The role of the Andes in the diversification and biogeography of neotropical mammals / Bruce D. Patterson, Sergio Solari, and Paúl M. Velazco ; Mammalian biogeography of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego / Enrique P. Lessa, Guillermo D'Elía, and Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas.
Mammals
Mammals
Biogeography
Paleobiogeography