New World Continents And Land Bridges

Author : Bruce McClish
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1484636392
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New World Continents and Land Bridges written by Bruce McClish and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents include: North America: landforms; North America: climate, plants and animals; North America: history and culture; Introducing South America; South America: landforms; South America: climate, plants and animals; South America: history and culture; Continental connections and plate tectonics; Land bridges: the narrow link; Land bridges: dropping seas.

Author : Bruce McClish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780431181639
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North and South America written by Bruce McClish and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series supports the study of continents, providing information on each continent as well as the way continents affect the whole world - oceans, climate, plants, animals and human culture.

Author : Alan Graham
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022654432X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Bridges written by Alan Graham and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity. When they form, organisms are introduced into a new patchwork of species and habitats, forever altering the ecosystems into which they flow; and when land bridges disappear or fracture, organisms are separated into reproductively isolated populations that can evolve independently. More than this, land bridges play a role in determining global climates through changes to moisture and heat transport and are also essential factors in the development of biogeographic patterns across geographically remote regions. In this book, paleobotanist Alan Graham traces the formation and disruption of key New World land bridges and describes the biotic, climatic, and biogeographic ramifications of these land masses’ changing formations over time. Looking at five land bridges, he explores their present geographic setting and climate, modern vegetation, indigenous peoples (with special attention to their impact on past and present vegetation), and geologic history. From the great Panamanian isthmus to the boreal connections across the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans that allowed exchange of organisms between North America, Europe, and Asia, Graham’s sweeping, one-hundred-million-year history offers new insight into the forces that shaped the life and land of the New World.

Author : Bruce McClish
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403442475
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old World Continents written by Bruce McClish and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2003-09-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents include: The old world connection; Europe: landforms; Europe: climate, plants and animals; Europe: history and culture; Introducing Asia; Asian lands and land regions; Asia: climate, plants and animals; Asia: history and culture; Introducing Africa; African landscapes; Africa: climate, plants and animals; Africa: history and culture.

Author : Russell L. Ciochon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146843764X
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift written by Russell L. Ciochon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now well known that the concept of drifting continents became an estab lished theory during the 1960s. Not long after this "revolution in the earth sciences," researchers began applying the continental drift model to problems in historical biogeography. One such problem was the origin and dispersal of the New World monkeys, the Platyrrhini. Our interests in this subject began in the late 1960s on different conti nents quite independent of one another in the cities of Florence, Italy, and Berkeley, California. In Florence in 1968, A. B. Chiarelli, through stimulating discussions with R. von Koenigswald and B. de Boer, became intrigued with the possibility that a repositioning of the continents of Africa and South America in the early Cenozoic might alter previous traditional conceptions of a North American origin of the Platyrrhini. During the early 1970s this con cept was expanded and pursued by him through discussions with students while serving as visiting professor at the University of Toronto. By this time, publication of the Journal of Human Evolution was well underway, and Dr. Chiarelli as editor encouraged a dialogue emphasizing continental drift models of primate origins which culminated in a series of articles published in that journal during 1974-75. In early 1970, while attending the University of California at Berkeley, R. L. Ciochon was introduced to the concept of continental drift and plate tectonics and their concomitant applications to vertebrate evolution through talks with paleontologist W. A. Clemens and anthropologist S. L. Washburn.

Author : Bruce McClish
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403442444
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth's Continents written by Bruce McClish and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2003-09-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents include: What is a continent? The makings of a continent; Continental drift; Plate tectonics; Continental landscapes: mountains; Continental landscapes: erosion; Oceans and continents; Climate and continents; The wildlife of continents; People and continents; Relationships between continents.

Author : Bruce McClish
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403429896
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Island Continents and Supercontinents written by Bruce McClish and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island continents -- Introducing Australia -- Australia: land and landforms -- Australia: climate, plants and animals -- Australia: history and culture -- Introducing Antarctica -- Antarctica: land and landforms -- Antarctica: climate, plants and animals -- Antarctica: discovery and exploration -- The making of island continents -- Changes in climate -- Isolation and wildlife.

Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403482471
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring South America written by Anita Ganeri and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2006-08-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asks the questions that young people want answered about South America. Each chapter of this book contains the answers to a different question about this continent. This book includes clear and detailed maps to assist readers in their quest for information. Explanations are given to help students understand a range of issues in South America.

Author : Lydia Barnett
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421429519
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the Flood written by Lydia Barnett and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Flood illuminates the hidden role and complicated legacy of religion in the emergence of a global environmental consciousness.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: