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.

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Publication InfoWashington, 1958.
Descriptionx,509 pages : illustrations,maps ; 24cm.
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Other author/creatorHubbs, Carl L. (Carl Leavitt), 1894-1979.
Other author/creatorSociety of Systematic Zoology (U.S.). Pacific Section.
Other author/creatorAmerican Institute of Biological Sciences.
Other author/creatorAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science.
SeriesPublication 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 noteAuthorized facsimile produced by microfilm-xerography by University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1971.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographies.
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