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Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity
Carina Hoorn (Edited by), C Hoorn (Author), Allison Perrigo (Edited by), Alexandre Antonelli (Edited by)
9781119159872, Wiley
Hardback, published 27 April 2018
544 pages
28.2 x 21.6 x 2.8 cm, 1.724 kg
Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: A comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis for students and researchers Mountains are topographically complex formations that play a fundamental role in regional and continental-scale climates. They are also cradles to all major river systems and home to unique, and often highly biodiverse and threatened, ecosystems. But how do all these processes tie together to form the patterns of diversity we see today? Written by leading researchers in the fields of geology, biology, climate, and geography, this book explores the relationship between mountain building and climate change, and how these processes shape biodiversity through time and space. Readership: Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity is intended for students and researchers in geosciences, biology and geography. It is specifically compiled for those who are interested in historical biogeography, biodiversity and conservation.
List of Contributors xi Acknowledgments xvii Foreword by Peter Raven xix Biography of Editors xxiii Glossary xxv About the Companion Website xxxv 1 Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: An Introduction 1 Part I Mountains, Relief and Climate 15 2 Simple Concepts Underlying the Structure, Support and Growth of Mountain Ranges, High Plateaus and Other High Terrain 17 3 An Overview of Dynamic Topography: The Influence of Mantle Circulation on Surface Topography and Landscape 37 4 Mountain Relief, Climate and Surface Processes 51 5 Dating Mountain Building: Exhumation and Surface Uplift 69 6 Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry: Paleotopography as a Key Element in the Evolution of Landscapes and Life 81 7 Phytopaleoaltimetry: Using Plant Fossils to Measure Past Land Surface Elevation 95 8 Cenozoic Mountain Building and Climate Evolution 111 9 Paleoclimate 123 Part II When Biology Meets Mountain Building 135 10 Mountain Geodiversity: Characteristics, Values and Climate Change 137 11 Geodiversity Mapping in Alpine Areas 155 12 Historical Connectivity and Mountain Biodiversity 171 13 The Environmental Heterogeneity of Mountains at a Fine Scale in a Changing World 187 14 Mountains, Climate and Mammals 201 15 Inferring Macroevolutionary Dynamics in Mountain Systems from Fossils 217 16 The Interplay between Geological History and Ecology in Mountains 231 17 Mountains and the Diversity of Birds 245 18 Teasing Apart Mountain Uplift, Climate Change and Biotic Drivers of Species Diversification 257 19 Upland and Lowland Fishes: A Test of the River Capture Hypothesis 273 20 Different Ways of Defining Diversity, and How to Apply Them in Montane Systems 295 21 A Modeling Framework to Estimate and Project Species Distributions in Space and Time 309 Part III Mountains and Biota of the World 321 22 Evolution of the Isthmus of Panama: Biological, Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatological Implications 323 23 The Tepuis of the Guiana Highlands 339 24 Ice‐Bound Antarctica: Biotic Consequences of the Shift from a Temperate to a Polar Climate 355 25 The Biogeography, Origin and Characteristics of the Vascular Plant Flora and Vegetation of the New Zealand Mountains 375 26 The East African Rift System: Tectonics, Climate and Biodiversity 391 27 The Alps: A Geological, Climatic and Human Perspective on Vegetation History and Modern Plant Diversity 413 28 Cenozoic Evolution of Geobiodiversity in the Tibeto‐Himalayan Region 429 29 Neogene Paleoenvironmental Changes and their Role in Plant Diversity in Yunnan, South‐Western China 449 30 Influence of Mountain Formation on Floral Diversification in Japan, Based on Macrofossil Evidence 459 31 The Complex History of Mountain Building and the Establishment of Mountain Biota in Southeast Asia and Eastern Indonesia 475 Index 495
Carina Hoorn, Allison Perrigo and Alexandre Antonelli
Peter Molnar
Caroline M. Eakin and Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni
Peter van der Beek
Matthias Bernet, Verónica Torres Acosta and Mauricio A. Bermúdez
Andreas Mulch and C. Page Chamberlain
Robert A. Spicer
Phoebe G. Aron and Christopher J. Poulsen
Hemmo A. Abels and Martin Ziegler
John E. Gordon
Arie C. Seijmonsbergen, Matheus G.G. De Jong, Babs Hagendoorn, Johannes G.B. Oostermeijer and Kenneth F. Rijsdijk
Suzette G.A. Flantua and Henry Hooghiemstra
Andrés J. Cortés and Julia A. Wheeler
Catherine Badgley, Tara M. Smiley and Rachel Cable
Daniele Silvestro and Jan Schnitzler
Catherine H. Graham, Mauricio Parra, Andrés Mora and Camilo Higuera
Jon Fjeldså
Fabien L. Condamine, Alexandre Antonelli, Laura P. Lagomarsino, Carina Hoorn and Lee Hsiang Liow
James S. Albert, Jack M. Craig, Victor A. Tagliacollo and Paulo Petry
Hanna Tuomisto
Niels Raes and Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez
Carlos Jaramillo
Otto Huber, Ghillean T. Prance, Salomon B. Kroonenberg and Alexandre Antonelli
Peter Convey, Vanessa C. Bowman, Steven L. Chown, Jane E. Francis, Ceridwen Fraser, John L. Smellie, Bryan Storey and Aleks Terauds
Matt S. McGlone, Peter Heenan, Timothy Millar and Ellen Cieraad
Uwe Ring, Christian Albrecht and Friedemann Schrenk
Séverine Fauquette, Jean‐Pierre Suc, Frédéric Médail, Serge D. Muller, Gonzalo Jiménez‐Moreno, Adele Bertini, Edoardo Martinetto, Speranta‐Maria Popescu, Zhuo Zheng and Jacques‐Louis de Beaulieu
Volker Mosbrugger, Adrien Favre, Alexandra N. Muellner‐Riehl, Martin Päckert and Andreas Mulch
Zhe‐Kun Zhou, Tao Su and Yong‐Jiang Huang
Arata Momohara
Robert J. Morley
Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS]
