Graham A. Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic history of Latin American vegetation and terrestrial environments. - St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2010. - xviii, 617 p.: ill. - maps. - (Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden; Vol.113). - ISBN 978-1-930723-68-9; ISSN 0161-1542  Место хранения:   030 | Центральный Сибирский ботанический сад СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Preface ........................................................ vi References ................................................... viii Prologue ....................................................... xi Notes ......................................................... xiv References ..................................................... xv Nomenclature ................................................. xvii Section I-Background Geography. Geology. Vegetation Chapter 1 Lay of the Land-Climates and Physical Geography ...... 3 Some General Aspects of Climate ................................. 3 Mexico ......................................................... 13 The Antilles ................................................... 17 Central America ................................................ 22 South America .................................................. 30 Notes .......................................................... 51 References ..................................................... 52 Chapter 2 Constructing the Landscape-Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Geology of Latin America .............................. 60 Mexico ......................................................... 60 The Antilles ................................................... 67 Central America ................................................ 78 South America .................................................. 84 Notes .......................................................... 98 References ..................................................... 99 Chapter 3 Vegetation-Classification .......................... 111 Mexico ........................................................ 116 The Antilles .................................................. 152 Central America ............................................... 169 South America ................................................. 183 Notes ......................................................... 216 References .................................................... 217 Section II-Database Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Floras and Terrestrial Paleoenvironments Introduction .................................................. 245 Chapter 4 Mexico ............................................. 247 Notes ......................................................... 285 References .................................................... 286 Chapter 5 The Antilles ....................................... 298 Notes ......................................................... 314 References .................................................... 315 Chapter 6 Central America .................................... 319 References .................................................... 349 Chapter 7 South America ...................................... 355 References .................................................... 446 Section III-Syntheses Chapter 8 The Broader Picture ................................ 479 Closure of the Isthmus of Panama and the Biotic Consequences .................................................. 479 Origin of the Northern Temperate Element in the Latin American Biota ................................................ 482 Paleovegetation and Paleogene Temperatures of Equatorial Waters ........................................................ 483 Dust, Hurricanes, and Latin American-African Plant Affinities .................................................... 484 A Subhumid Corridor ........................................... 486 The Many Faces of Biogeography ................................ 486 Reconciling Biogeographic Histories: Fossils and Molecular-defined Lineages in Rhizophora ...................... 489 Notes on Some Lineages ........................................ 490 Origin of the Neotropical Rain Forest ......................... 498 Climate, Vegetation, and the Stability of Tropical Ecosystems .................................................... 499 Refugia ....................................................... 500 Notes ......................................................... 511 References .................................................... 512 Appendices Appendix 1-Modern Plant Formations and Representative Species ....................................................... 525 Appendix 2-Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Plants Mentioned in the Text ................................................... 559 2.1 Arranged by Age ........................................... 560 2.2 Arranged by Plant Group / Family .......................... 582 Index ......................................................... 607