3. The Evolution of Australian Desert Plants

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. The Origin and Floristic Affinities of the South American Temperate Desert and Semidesert Regions 7
5. 3. The Evolution of Australian Desert Plants 51
6. 4. Evolution of Arid Vegetation in Tropical America 65
7. 5. Adaptation of Australian Vertebrates to Desert Conditions 101
8. 6. Species and Guild Similarity of North American Desert Mammal Faunas: A Functional Analysis of Communities 133
9. 7. The Evolution of Amphibian Life Histories in the Desert 149
10. 8. Adaptation of Anurans to Equivalent Desert Scrub of North and South America 197
11. Notes on the Contributors 223
12. Index 227