| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to Enviromental History online. About 241 words from this article are provided below; about 466 words remain.

If you are a individual subscriber to Environmental History, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a subscriber to the Environmental History, you can:: • get subscription information here.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of Environmental History (8.1-present).
Instititutions can:: • get subscription information here to receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Foundations of Biogeography: Classic Papers with Commentaries. Edited by Mark V. Lomolino, Dov F. Sax, and James H. Brown. Chicago: University of Chicago Press in association with the International Biogeography Society and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 2004. xx+1291 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, notes, references, index. Paper $45.00.
Despite the fact that biogeographic scholarship finds its roots in the work of Charles Darwin and E. O. Wilson (among others), the field of biogeography has only been recently recognized. A discipline traversing geography, biology, ecology, geology, zoology, and environmental science, biogeographers include "all scientists who study the origins, diversification, geography and conservation of biological diversity" (p. xix). This volume is an effort by several contemporary biogeographers to "advance the science of biogeography" (p. 1) by defining the historical roots of biogeography and presenting major theoretical and empirical milestones within an edited collection of biogeographic classics. The intended audience includes both students and practitioners of biogeography and is meant to serve as a text in graduate seminars and as a reference volume.	1
Foundations is organized around eight conceptual themes: Early Classics; Earth History, Vicariance and Dispersal; Species Ranges; Revolutions in Historical Biogeography; Diversification; The Importance of Islands; Assembly Rules; and Gradients in Species Diversity: Why Are There So Many Species in the Tropics? Each section is preceded by an introductory essay, putting the writings in context and providing some synthesis among them.	. . .

There are about 466 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.