Keywords:
Biotic communities -- Southeast Asia.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Providing reviews and syntheses of the latest research into Southeast Asian earth and organismal history, this book investigates the history, present and future of the fauna and flora of this bio- and geodiverse region. Leading authorities in the field explore key topics including palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, population genetics and conservation biology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (500 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781139530361
Series Statement:
Systematics Association Special Volume Series ; v.Series Number 82
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=977144
DDC:
333.95/160959
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia -- The Systematics Association Special Volume Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Overview -- 1.3 Overall contribution -- References -- 2: Wallace, Darwin and Southeast Asia: the real field site of evolution -- 2.1 Darwin in the Galápagos -- 2.2 Wallace in Southeast Asia -- 2.3 Facts, fairness and conspiracies -- References -- 3: Sundaland and Wallacea: geology, plate tectonics and palaeogeography -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.3 Triassic to Cretaceous: assembly of Sundaland -- 3.4 Mid Cretaceous: collision and termination of subduction -- 3.5 Eocene to Miocene: resumption of subduction -- 3.5.1 Sundaland palaeogeography -- 3.5.2 Sundaland margins -- 3.6 Miocene to Recent: Australia collision in Wallacea -- 3.6.1 Banda: Early Miocene collision -- 3.6.2 Banda: Miocene extension -- 3.6.3 Banda: Pliocene collision -- 3.6.4 Sulawesi -- 3.7 Miocene to Recent: Pacific arcs and northern Australia -- 3.7.1 North Moluccas -- 3.7.2 New Guinea -- 3.7.3 Bird's Head -- 3.8 Miocene to Recent: Sundaland collision, uplift and subsidence -- 3.8.1 Borneo collision -- 3.8.2 Southern Borneo -- 3.8.3 Northern Borneo -- 3.8.4 Dangerous Grounds -- 3.8.5 Sumatra and Java -- 3.9 Pleistocene change -- 3.10 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4: A review of the Cenozoic palaeoclimate history of Southeast Asia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Paleocene -- 4.3 Eocene -- 4.4 Oligocene -- 4.4.1 Oligocene climate history of South China Sea pull-apart basins -- 4.4.2 Oligocene climate records from the Java Sea -- 4.4.3 Summary of Oligocene climate trends -- 4.5 Early and Middle Miocene -- 4.5.1 Malay Basin and West Natuna climate history -- 4.6 Late Miocene and Pliocene.
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4.7 Late Pliocene and Pleistocene -- 4.8 Controls on climate change -- 4.9 Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5: Quaternary dynamics of Sundaland forests -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Old wine in new bottles: palaeoforests of Sundaland in the present archipelago -- 5.2.1 Historical distribution of Sundaland rainforest -- Significant questions about historical distribution -- How quickly did marine sediments evolve into terrestrial soils on the exposed shelf? -- Do current population sizes correlate with past population sizes? -- How do refugia form naturally? What are the community assembly processes of contraction? -- Did a large inland lake exist on Sundaland, in the position of the Bay of Thailand? -- How did the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle differ during the glacial period? Does general or supra-annual mast fruiting require a special hypothesis? -- Was the Sunda Shelf covered by vast peat swamps? -- 5.2.2 Variance in historical biogeography among forest types is predictable -- Mangrove forests -- Lowland forests -- Upland forests -- Outstanding questions about specific forest types -- Do different biogeographic histories lead to predictable differences in the dominant phenotypic traits and seed dispersal characteristics -- Testable hypotheses about historical population size can be generated -- 5.3 Macro-evolutionary dynamics of tropical trees -- 5.3.1 Life history and phenotypic plasticity -- 5.4 The natural historical record: going, going, gone? -- References -- 6: The Malesian floristic interchange: plant migration patterns across Wallace's Line -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Modern vegetation -- 6.2.1 Phytogeography and biogeographic divisions -- 6.2.2 Wallace's Line for plants -- 6.3 Floristic dispersal tracks and barriers -- 6.3.1 Malesian mountain tracks -- 6.3.2 Monsoon/savannah corridor.
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6.4 Palaeobotanical contributions -- 6.5 Dated phylogenetic trees and historical biogeography -- 6.6 Reassessing plant migration patterns across Wallace's Line -- 6.6.1 Prevailing oceanic or wind currents -- 6.6.2 Area effects and geological history -- 6.6.3 Habitat compatibility -- 6.7 Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7: Biogeography and distribution patterns of Southeast Asian palms -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Phylogenetic composition of the Malesian palm flora -- 7.3 Distributions to the west of Wallace's Line -- 7.4 Distributions to the east of Wallace's Line -- 7.5 Bimodal distributions across Wallace's Line -- 7.6 Disjunct distributions -- 7.7 Widespread distributions -- 7.8 Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8: Historical biogeography inference in Malesia -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Incorporating landscape history into historical biogeography inference -- LAGRANGE -- SHIBA -- 8.2 An example: Rhododendron section Vireya in Malesia -- 8.2.1 The taxa -- 8.2.2 The landscape -- 8.2.3 LAGRANGE analysis -- Rationale and methods -- Results -- 8.2.4 SHIBA analysis -- Simulation details -- Results -- 8.2.5 DIVA analysis -- 8.3 Discussion -- 8.3.1 Vireya example -- 8.3.2 Methodological approaches and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix A: Input data for Lagrange -- Appendix B: Input data for SHIBA -- 9: Biodiversity hotspots, evolution and coral reef biogeography: a review -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Characterising the IAA hotspot: patterns of species richness -- 9.3 Hypotheses that explain the hotspot -- 9.3.1 Centre of Origin hypothesis (CoOr) -- The CoOr as a 'fountain' of new species (a spreading dye model) -- The CoOr as a source of superior competitors -- 9.3.2 Centre of Overlap hypothesis (CoOl) -- CoOl: vicariance -- CoOl: peripheral oceanic islands.
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9.3.3 Centre of Accumulation hypothesis (CoAc) -- CoAc by individuals -- CoAc by faunas -- 9.3.4 Centre of Survival hypothesis (CoS) -- 9.3.5 The Mid Domain Effect (MDE) and null models -- 9.4 Inferred mechanisms of species origination and accumulation -- 9.4.1 Tests of hypotheses: ecological correlates -- 9.4.2 Tests of hypotheses: endemics -- 9.4.3 Tests of hypotheses: phylogenies and fossils -- 9.5 Consequences of the biodiversity hotspot -- 9.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10: Tsunami impacts in the marine environment: review and results from studies in Thailand -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Review of tsunami environmental impacts -- 10.2.1 Historical record -- 10.2.2 The 2004 Asian Tsunami -- Coral reefs -- Mangroves -- Sediment systems -- Rocky shores -- Littoral terrestrial habitats -- 10.3 Impacts of 2004 tsunami in Ranong and Phang Nga Provinces, Thailand -- 10.3.1 Intertidal sediment systems -- Polychaete abundance -- Polychaete family richness -- Discussion -- 10.3.2 Offshore assessment of the tsunami in Thailand: the Similan Islands -- Introduction -- Survey methodology -- Results: fish surveys -- Results: invertebrate belt transects -- Results: transects and point data -- Discussion -- 10.4 Discussion -- 10.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11: Coalescent-based analysis of demography: applications to biogeography on Sulawesi -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.1.1 Biogeographical patterns on Sulawesi -- 11.1.2 Coalescence, divergence population genetics and isolation-migration models -- 11.1.3 Violations of models used in divergence population genetics -- 11.2 Methods -- 11.3 Results -- 11.3.1 No violations of the isolation model -- 11.3.2 Asymmetric population structure: a violation of the isolation model -- 11.4 Discussion -- 11.4.1 Future directions -- Acknowledgements -- References.
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12: Aquatic biodiversity hotspots in Wallacea: the species flocks in the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 The ancient lakes of Sulawesi -- Hydrology, geology and limnology -- Exploration, fauna and species flocks -- 12.2 The species flocks in the ancient lakes of Sulawesi -- 12.2.1 Snails -- Species diversity and distribution -- Lake colonisation, adaptive radiation and introgression -- Adaptive radiation through trophic specialisation -- Coevolution with crabs -- 12.2.2 Crabs -- Ecology and morphology -- Phylogeny and radiation -- 12.2.3 Shrimps -- Lake colonisation, hybridisation and cryptic species -- Ecological diversification -- The evolution of colour patterns -- 12.2.4 Fishes -- The Telmatherina species flock of ancient graben-lake Lake Matano -- Sympatric speciation in Lake Matano's roundfin Telmatherina -- Adaptive radiation in Lake Matano's sharpfins -- No evidence of speciation by sexual selection: colour polymorphic sailfin silversides -- 12.3 Evolution of the Sulawesi lake species flocks -- 12.4 Threats and conservation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13: Molecular biogeography and phylogeography of the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.1.1 The Indo-Australian Archipelago and its freshwater fauna -- 13.1.2 Molecular biogeography and the origins and purview of phylogeography -- 13.2 Earth and climatic history of the Indo-Australian Archipelago -- 13.2.1 Earth history of the Indo-Australian Archipelago -- 13.2.2 Pleistocene and earlier eustasy and the IAA -- 13.3 The freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago as model biogeographic taxa -- 13.3.1 Phylogenetic biogeography of the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago -- Invertebrates -- Vertebrates.
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13.3.2 Phylogeography and population structure of the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago.
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