A superb resource for understanding the diversity of the modern discipline of biogeography, and its history and future, especially within geography departments. I expect to refer to it often.
- Professor Sally Horn, University of Tennessee
""As you browse through this fine book you will be struck by the diverse topics that biogeographers investigate and the many research methods they use.... Biogeography is interdisciplinary, and a commonly-voiced concern is that one biogeographer may not readily understand another's research findings. A handbook like this is important for synthesising, situating, explaining and evaluating a large literature, and pointing the reader to informative publications.""
- Geographical Research
""A valuable contribution in both a research and teaching context. If you are biologically trained, it provides an extensive look into the geographical tradition of biogeography, covering some topics that may be less familiar to those with an evolution/ecology background. Alternatively, if you are a geography student, researcher, or lecturer, it will provide a useful reference and will be invaluable to the non-biogeographer who suddenly has the teaching of an introductory biogeography course thrust upon them.""
- Adam C. Algar, Frontiers of Biogeography
The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography is a manual for scoping the past, present and future of biogeography that enable readers to consider, where relevant, how similar biogeographical issues are tackled by researchers in different 'schools'. In line with the concept of all SAGE Handbooks, this is a retrospective and prospective overview of biogeography that will:
Consider the main areas of biogeography researched by geographers Detail a global perspective by incorporating the work of different schools of biogeographers Ecplore the divergent evolution of biogeography as a discipline and consider how this diversity can be harnessed Examine the interdisciplinary debates that biogeographers are contributing to within geography and the biological sciences.
Aimed at an international audience of research students, academics, researchers and practitioners in biogeography, the text will attract interest from environmental scientists, ecologists, biologists and geographers alike.
Edited by:
Andrew C Millington,
Mark Blumler,
Udo Schickhoff,
Glen MacDonald
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.250kg
ISBN: 9781412919517
ISBN 10: 1412919517
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Situating Contemporary Biogeography - Andrew C. Millington, Mark A. Blumler and Udo Schickhoff PART ONE: REVISITING THEORIES AND CONCEPTS History of Biogeographical Thought - Mark A. Blumler, Anthony Cole, John Flenley and Udo Schickhoff Diversity Theories - Duane A. Griffin Theory in Landscape Ecology and Its Relevance to Biogeography - John A. Kupfer Classification of Biogeographical and Ecological Phenomena - Angelika Schwabe and Anselm Kratchowil The Expanding Role of Phylogeography - Brett R. Riddle The Biogeographic Importance of Pleistocene Refugia - Kathy J. Willis, Shonil A. Bhagwat and Mary E. Edwards PART TWO: EXPLAINING DISTRIBUTIONS, GRADIENTS AND DISTURBANCES Biogeographical Distributions: The Role of Past Environments, Physical Factors, and Biotic Interactions - Udo Schickhoff Biodiversity Gradients - Jens Mutke Explaining Biogeographical Distributions and Gradients: Floral and Faunal Responses to Natural Disturbances - Anke V. Jentsch and Carl Beierkuhnlein Fire and Ecosystem Function - Neal J. Enright Species Response to Contemporary Climate Change - Tim H. Sparks, Annette Menzel, Josep Peñuelas and Piotr Tryjanowski PART THREE: RECONSIDERING BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS Ecosystem Dynamics of Subpolar and Polar Regions - Ingo Möller and Dietbert Thannheiser Forest Ecosystem Structure and Disturbance Dynamics Across the Circumboreal Forest - Daneil Kneeshaw, Yves Bergeron and Timo Kuuluvainen The Ecosystem Dynamics of Tropical Savannas - Jayalaxshmi Mistry Tropical Forests: Biodiversity and Biogeography - Kenneth R. Young Dynamics of Mountain Ecosystems - Udo Schickhoff Biogeography of Agricultural Environments - Chris Stoate The Biogeography of Built Environments - Clarie Freeman PART FOUR: UTILIZING MAPPING AND MODELING Remote Sensing for Mapping Biogeographical Distributions: Actualities and Potentials - Giles M. Foody and Andrew C. Millington Remote Sensing for Modeling Biogeographic Features and Processes - Joanne M. Nightingale, Stuart R. Phinn and Michael J. Hill Charaterizing Spatial Pattern in Biogeograhical Data - Thomas P. Albright, Monica G. Turner and Jeffrey Cardille Predictive Modeling of Biogeographical Phenomena - Niall GT. Burnside and Stephen Waite Simulation - George P. Malanson Biocomplexity - Stephen J. Walsh, George P. Malanson, Joseph P. Messina, Daniel G. Brown, and Carlos F. Mena PART FIVE: LINKING BIOGEOGRAPHY AND SOCIETY Ethnobotany - Robert Voeks Invasive Species, in Geographical Perspective - Mark A. Blumler Bioindicators for Ecological and Environmental Monitoring - Yordan Uzonov Historical Biogeography as a Basis for the Conservation of Dynamic Ecosystems - Rob Marchant and David M. Taylor Habitat Approaches to Nature Conservation - Geoffrey Hugh Griffiths and Ioannis Vogiatzakis Species Approaches to Conservation in Biogeography - Patrick E. Osborne and Pedro J. Leitão
Andrew Millington is Professor of Environment at Flinders University, Australia. Mark Blumler is Professor of Geography at Binghamton University, New York. Udo Schickhoff is Professor of Biogeography and Landscape Ecology at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Reviews for The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography
This is a valuable addition to the field of Biogeography. The authors investigate Biogeography using a strictly geographical perspective that provides an insightful viewpoint into where Biogeography is focused and uniquely suited in the larger discipline of Geography Professor Barbara A. Holzman Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> A superb resource for understanding the diversity of the modern discipline of biogeography, and its history and future, especially within geography departments. I expect to refer to it often Professor Sally Horn Department of Geography, University of Tennessee <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> As you browse through this fine book you will be struck by the diverse topics that biogeographers investigate and the many research methods they use...Biogeography is interdisciplinary, and a commonly-voiced concern is that one biogeographer may not readily understand another's research findings. A handbook like this is important for synthesising, situating, explaining and evaluating a large literature, and pointing the reader to informative publications Geographical Research <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> I think it is a valuable contribution in both a research and teaching context. How it is used will depend on the lineage of biogeography from which you have emerged. If you are biologically trained, then it provides an extensive look into the geographical tradition of biogeography, covering some topics that may be less familiar to those with an evolution/ecology background. Alternatively, if you are a geography student, researcher, or lecturer, it will provide a useful reference and will be invaluable to the non-biogeographer who suddenly has the teaching of an introductory biogeography course thrust upon them. Adam C. Algar Frontiers of Biogeography
