Falklands: facts and fiction
A reply to McDowall, R.M. (2005) Falkland Islands biogeography: converging trajectories in the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 49–62. A recent contribution (McDowall, 2005) analysed the biogeography of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago situated in the south‐western Atlantic, kn...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/105777 2023-10-09T21:55:56+02:00 Falklands: facts and fiction Morrone, Juan José Posadas, Paula Elena application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105777 eng eng Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01378.x info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01378.x http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105777 Morrone, Juan José; Posadas, Paula Elena; Falklands: facts and fiction; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Journal of Biogeography; 32; 12; 12-2005; 2183-2187 0305-0270 1365-2699 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ REPLY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01378.x 2023-09-24T19:19:31Z A reply to McDowall, R.M. (2005) Falkland Islands biogeography: converging trajectories in the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 49–62. A recent contribution (McDowall, 2005) analysed the biogeography of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago situated in the south‐western Atlantic, known in Spanish as Islas Malvinas. After reviewing the literature, McDowall (2005) concluded that the biotic and geological connections of the Falklands conflict with each other because the biota shows apparent relationships with Patagonia, whereas the geology suggests a historical relationship with South Africa. He considered that these results indicate that Croizat's dictum that ‘earth and life evolve together’‘does not have general application in the way that some believe it has’ (McDowall, 2005, p. 59), thus ruling out vicariance as an appropriate explanation for the evolution of the Falklands’ biota. Fil: Morrone, Juan José. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Posadas, Paula Elena. Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio; Argentina Article in Journal/Newspaper South Atlantic Ocean CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Patagonia Argentina Journal of Biogeography 32 12 2183 2187 |
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A reply to McDowall, R.M. (2005) Falkland Islands biogeography: converging trajectories in the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 49–62. A recent contribution (McDowall, 2005) analysed the biogeography of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago situated in the south‐western Atlantic, known in Spanish as Islas Malvinas. After reviewing the literature, McDowall (2005) concluded that the biotic and geological connections of the Falklands conflict with each other because the biota shows apparent relationships with Patagonia, whereas the geology suggests a historical relationship with South Africa. He considered that these results indicate that Croizat's dictum that ‘earth and life evolve together’‘does not have general application in the way that some believe it has’ (McDowall, 2005, p. 59), thus ruling out vicariance as an appropriate explanation for the evolution of the Falklands’ biota. Fil: Morrone, Juan José. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Posadas, Paula Elena. Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio; Argentina |
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