Biotic evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia / [edited by] David J. Gower [and five others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia; The Systematics Association Special Volume Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview; 1.3 Overall contribution; References; 2: Wallace, Darwin and Southeast Asia: the real field site of evolution; 2.1 Darwin in the Galápagos; 2.2 Wallace in Southeast Asia; 2.3 Facts, fairness and conspiracies; References; 3: Sundaland and Wallacea: geology, plate tectonics and palaeogeography; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Background.

3.3 Triassic to Cretaceous: assembly of Sundaland3.4 Mid Cretaceous: collision and termination of subduction; 3.5 Eocene to Miocene: resumption of subduction; 3.5.1 Sundaland palaeogeography; 3.5.2 Sundaland margins; 3.6 Miocene to Recent: Australia collision in Wallacea; 3.6.1 Banda: Early Miocene collision; 3.6.2 Banda: Miocene extension; 3.6.3 Banda: Pliocene collision; 3.6.4 Sulawesi; 3.7 Miocene to Recent: Pacific arcs and northern Australia; 3.7.1 North Moluccas; 3.7.2 New Guinea; 3.7.3 Bird's Head; 3.8 Miocene to Recent: Sundaland collision, uplift and subsidence.

3.8.1 Borneo collision3.8.2 Southern Borneo; 3.8.3 Northern Borneo; 3.8.4 Dangerous Grounds; 3.8.5 Sumatra and Java; 3.9 Pleistocene change; 3.10 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4: A review of the Cenozoic palaeoclimate history of Southeast Asia; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Paleocene; 4.3 Eocene; 4.4 Oligocene; 4.4.1 Oligocene climate history of South China Sea pull-apart basins; 4.4.2 Oligocene climate records from the Java Sea; 4.4.3 Summary of Oligocene climate trends; 4.5 Early and Middle Miocene; 4.5.1 Malay Basin and West Natuna climate history; 4.6 Late Miocene and Pliocene.

4.7 Late Pliocene and Pleistocene4.8 Controls on climate change; 4.9 Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5: Quaternary dynamics of Sundaland forests; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Old wine in new bottles: palaeoforests of Sundaland in the present archipelago; 5.2.1 Historical distribution of Sundaland rainforest; Significant questions about historical distribution; How quickly did marine sediments evolve into terrestrial soils on the exposed shelf?; Do current population sizes correlate with past population sizes?

How do refugia form naturally? What are the community assembly processes of contraction?Did a large inland lake exist on Sundaland, in the position of the Bay of Thailand?; How did the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle differ during the glacial period? Does general or supra-annual mast fruiting require a special hypothesis?; Was the Sunda Shelf covered by vast peat swamps?; 5.2.2 Variance in historical biogeography among forest types is predictable; Mangrove forests; Lowland forests; Upland forests; Outstanding questions about specific forest types; Do different biogeographic histories lead to predictable differences in the dominant phenotypic traits and seed dispersal characteristics.

Authoritative reviews and focused case studies on the history and future of the fauna and flora of Southeast Asia.

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