Robin Craw (5 results)
Published by DSIR Publishing., 1989
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Seller: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.Eryops Books
Contact seller5-star sellerNo Binding. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1989 Article, disbound from journal; no covers; several paragraphs highlighted; o/w in good condition. Journal.
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Seller: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.Charles Berry, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First printing (complete number line) green hardcover in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition: slightest handling, slightest rubbing of the DJ gloss. 229 pages. [1.3 lbs]. Book.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1999. Natural History, Zoology. Oxford Biogeography Series #11. very good - near fine pictorial boards 229p. 12/25.
More imagesPublished by New York: Oxford University Press, . First edition., 1999
Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.Natural History Books
Contact seller5-star sellerPp. (viii), 229; numerous text-figures and maps. Green pictorial laminated boards, lettered in black and white on the spine and the front and rear covers, 8vo. Oxford Biogeography Series, no. 11. This volume develops a new synthesis of research on plant and animal distribution. The authors show how geographical patterns of plant… and animal distribution contribute directly to understanding and interpreting of evolutionary history. They also make a case for reinstating geography as a critical element in evolutionary biology. Small signature of former owner on front endpaper. No signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.
More imagesPublished by University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, 1988
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Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Some rubbing to spine. Previous owner's name "R. Craw" on 3 of the offprints/ extracts. ; Complete issue. [4], (457)-621, [3] pages. Card covers. Page dimensions: 240 x 170mm. Various contributors. Text mainly in English, some text…in Italian. Contents: Editorial - Giuseppe Semonti. The bamboo season; Special Issue on Panbiogeography - R. Craw and G. Sermonti (editors), "Introduction" - Robin Craw; "Panbiogeography: evolution in space and time" - John Robert Grehan; "Reading Croizat. On the Edge of Biology" - Robin Craw & Michael Heads; "Punctid Snails. A path to panbiogeography" - Frank Climo; "A lepidopterist's view of panbiogeography" - Hideyuki Chiba; "Box I. The natural biogeographic regions. Box II. Biogeographic Homology. Ratites and the southern beeches" - J. R. Grehan; "Interview with Leon Croizat" - Jonathan Baskin (pp. 589-612); "Theory of Hologenesis" - D. Rosa. Leon Croizat (1894-1982) was born in Italy. He lived for many years in Venezuela, where he developed the biogeographical and evolutionary theory known as Panbiogeography. Croizat's first work on Panbiogeography was published in 1958. It was titled: "Panbiogeography : or, An Introductory Synthesis of Zoogeography, Phytogeography, and Geology, with notes on evolution, systematics, ecology, anthropology, etc". [Together with: (1) "A Vicariance Model of Caribbean Biogeogaphy" - Donn E. Rosen. Offprint, reprinted from Systematic Zoology, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1975. [2], (431)-464 pages. (2) "Land-Snail Biogeography: A True Snail's Pace of Change" (+ Discussion & Response) - A. Solem. Publisher not listed, appears to be Chapter 5 of a larger work. No date (c.1979). (197)-237, [1 (blank)] pages. (3) "The Enigma of the Central American Herpetofauna: Dispersals of Vicariance?" - Jay M. Savage. Extract from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 464-547. (4) "Vicariance and Cladistics: Historical Perspectives with Implications for the Future" - G. Nelson. Extract from Systematics Association Special Volume No. 23. 1983. (469)-492 pages. (5) "Perspectives on the Origin of the Floristic Similarity between Eastern Asia and Eastern North America" - Bruce H. Tiffney. Offprint from Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 66: 73-94. (6) "Anartia" Numero 10, Diciembre 2000. Complete issue, containing the paper "Panbiogeografia 1981-2000: Desarrollo de una Sintesis Tierra/Vida" by John R. Grehan. 42, [2 (blank)] pages. A Spanish translation of a 1991 paper. Including a 1 page letter dated June 17 2001 to Robin Craw from the author, signed "John".
