Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part One. Continental Analysis
6. One. Introduction To Neotropical Freshwaters 3
7. Two. Major Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Patterns 21
8. Three. Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins 59
9. Four. The Paraná-Paraguay Basin: Geology and Paleoenvironments 69
10. Five. Species Richness and Cladal Diversity 89
11. Six. Paleogene Radiations 105
12. Seven. Neogene Assembly of Modern Faunas 119
13. Eight. The Biogeography of Marine Incursions in South America 137
14. Nine. Continental-Scale Tectonic Controls of Biogeography and Ecology 145
15. Ten. An Ecological Perspective on Diversity and Distributions 165
16. Part Two. Regional Analysis
17. Eleven. The Amazon-Paraguay Divide 193
18. Twelve. The Eastern Brazilian Shield 203
19. Thirteen. The Guiana Shield 211
20. Fourteen. The Vaupes Arch and Casiquiare Canal Barriers and Passages 225
21. Fifteen. Northern South America Magdalena and Maracaibo Basins 243
22. Sixteen. The Andes Riding the Tectonic Uplift 259
23. Seventeen. Nuclear Central America 279
24. Eighteen. Not So Fast A New Take on the Great American Biotic Interchange 293
25. Glossary 307
26. Literature Cited 319
27. Name Index 367
28. Index 369