Panbiogeography. Vol. I, IIa, IIb

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An Introductory Synthesis of Zoogeography, Phytogeography, and Geology; with notes on evolution, systematics, ecology, anthropology, etc. Vol. I: The New World; Vol. Iia-b: The Old World.

Léon Croizat (1894–1982) was a Franco-Italian botanist and biogeographer known for his unorthodox but influential ideas in historical biogeography. This work remains an important milestone in biogeography and evolutionary theory, as it helped shift the field towards recognizing the role of historical geological events in shaping biodiversity patterns. J.C Briggs (1997) notes that ‘one can trace the history of an interesting and contentious trend in biogeography and evolution that began with Croizat’s concept of panbiogeography in 1958. After a quiescent period of about 16 years, some young biologists in New York and in New Zealand read Croizat’s books and became enthusiastic supporters of his ideas. In New York, in the early 1970s, panbiogeography was combined with a part of Hennig’s phylogenetic method to create vicariance biogeography. In 1986, the name of the latter was changed to cladistic biogeography.’ ‘Panbiogeography: Its origin, metamorphosis and decline’, Russian Journal of Marine Biology Vol 33, 273–277pp.

Condition

3 vols. Orig. wrappers. Vg. From the library of British botanist Prof. Chris Humphries, (1947-2009) with his signature to each volume, he was known for his work on systematic botany and biogeography.