Species' geographic distributions through time: Playing catchup with changing climates
Issue Date
2012-03-02Author
Peterson, A. Townsend
Lieberman, Bruce S.
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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Species’ ranges are often treated as a rather fixed characteristic, rather than a fluid, ever-changing manifestation of their ecological requirements and dispersal abilities. Paleontologists generally have had a more flexible point of view on this issue than neontologists, but each perspective can improve by appreciating the other. Here, we provide an overview of paleontological and neontological perspectives on species’ geographic distributions, focusing on what can be learned about historical variations in distributions. The cross-disciplinary view, we hope, offers some novel perspectives on species-level biogeography.
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Peterson, A. T., and B. S. Lieberman. 2012. Species' geographic distributions through time: Playing catchup with changing climates. Evolution: Education and Outreach (2 March 2012), pp. 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12052-012-0385-2
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