Zoogeography / A symposium presented on August 26-27, 1957 [under the prime auspices of the Pacific Section of the Society of Systematic Zoology] at the Stanford University joint meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and a symposium presented on Dec. 28, 1957 at Indianapolis meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Edited by Carl L. Hubbs.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, 1958. |
| Description | x,509 pages : illustrations,maps ; 24cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Hubbs, Carl L. (Carl Leavitt), 1894-1979. |
| Other author/creator | Society of Systematic Zoology (U.S.). Pacific Section. |
| Other author/creator | American Institute of Biological Sciences. |
| Other author/creator | American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| Series | Publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, no.51 Publication (American Association for the Advancement of Science) ; no.51. ^A103540 |
| Contents | Pt. I. The origins and affinities of the land and freshwater fauna of western North America. 1. Evolution of modern surface features of western North America / Philip B. King. 2. Climate since the late Cretaceous / H.D. MacGinitie. 3. The role of physiology in the distribution of terrestrial vertebrates / George A. Bartholomew. 4. Evidence from fossil land mammals on the origin and affinities of western Nearctic fauna / Donald E. Savage. 5. The history and affinities of the recent land mammals of western North America / William H. Burt. 6. Origin and affinities of the birds of western North America (editor's note) / Alden H. Miller. 7. Origin and affinities of the present western North American reptile and amphibian fauna (abstract) / Robert C. Stebbins. 8. Evolution of a coast range corridor in California a>d its effect on the origin and dispersal of living amphibians and reptiles / Frank E. Peabody and Jay M. Savage. 9. Origin and affinities of the freshwater fish fauna of western North America / Robert Rush Miller. 10. Some problems of freshwater invertebrate distribution in the western states / Robert W. Pennak. |
| Contents | 11. Affinities and origins of the northern and montane insects of western North America / Herbert H. Ross. 12. The origin and affinities of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of western North America / James A.G. Rehn. 13. Geographical origins and phylogenetic affinities of the cerambycid beetle fauna of western North America / E. Gorton Linsley. 14. Distribution of butterflies in the New World / William Hovanitz -- pt. II. Geographic distribution of contemporary organisms. Introduction / E. Raymond Hall. 15. Pleistocene ecology and biogeography of North America / Paul S. Martin. 16. The Palaearctic element in the New World avifauna / Kenneth C. Parkes. 17. Distributional patterns of vertebrates in the southern United States in relation to past and present environments / W. Frank Blair. General conclusions / Carl L. Hubbs. |
| General note | Authorized facsimile produced by microfilm-xerography by University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1971. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies. |
| LCCN | 58059993 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QL101 .Z6 1957A | ✔ Available | Place Hold |