Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction to the History and Geography of Neotropical Mammals 1
4. Part 1. The Geological Setting
5. 2. Punctuated Isolation: The Making and Mixing of South America’s Mammals 9
6. 3. Origins, Radiations, and Distribution of South American Mammals: From Greenhouse to Icehouse Worlds 20
7. 4. Cenozoic Andean Faunas: Shedding New Light on South American Mammal Evolution, Biogeography, Environments, and Tectonics 51
8. 5. On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America 76
9. 6. Evolution of the South American Carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora): A Paleontological Perspective 102
10. 7. A Molecular View on the Evolutionary History and Biogeography of Neotropical Carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) 123
11. Part 2. Regional Patterns
12. 8. Hierarchical Organization of Neotropical Mammal Diversity and Its Historical Basis 145
13. 9. West Indian Mammals: The Old, the New, and the Recently Extinct 157
14. 10. Biogeography of Central American Mammals: Patterns and Processes 203
15. 11. Biogeography of Mammals from the Guianas of South America 230
16. 12. Speciation in Amazonia: Patterns and Predictions of a Network of Hypotheses 259
17. 13. Historical Fragmentation Shaping Vertebrate Diversifi cation in the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot 283
18. 14. Mammals of the Cerrado and Caatinga: Distribution Patterns of the Tropical Open Biomes of Central South America 307
19. 15. The Role of the Andes in the Diversifi cation and Biogeography of Neotropical Mammals 351
20. 16. Mammalian Biogeography of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego 379
21. Contributors 399
22. Taxonomic Index 403
23. Subject Index 413