The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography

Andrew Millington is Professor of Environment at Flinders University, Australia.  Mark Blumler is Professor of Geography at Binghamton University, New York.  Udo Schickhoff is Professor of Biogeography and Landscape Ecology at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

This is a valuable addition to the field of Biogeography. The authors investigate Biogeography using a strictly geographical perspective that provides an insightful viewpoint into where Biogeography is focused and uniquely suited in the larger discipline of GeographyProfessor Barbara A. HolzmanDepartment of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University A superb resource for understanding the diversity of the modern discipline of biogeography, and its history and future, especially within geography departments. I expect to refer to it oftenProfessor Sally HornDepartment of Geography, University of Tennessee As you browse through this fine book you will be struck by the diverse topics that biogeographers investigate and the many research methods they use....Biogeography is interdisciplinary, and a commonly-voiced concern is that one biogeographer may not readily understand another′s research findings. A handbook like this is important for synthesising, situating, explaining and evaluating a large literature, and pointing the reader to informative publicationsGeographical Research I think it is a valuable contribution in both a research and teaching context. How it is used will depend on the lineage of biogeography from which you have emerged. If you are biologically trained, then it provides an extensive look into the geographical tradition of biogeography, covering some topics that may be less familiar to those with an evolution/ecology background. Alternatively, if you are a geography student, researcher, or lecturer, it will provide a useful reference and will be invaluable to the non-biogeographer who suddenly has the teaching of an introductory biogeography course thrust upon them.Adam C. AlgarFrontiers of Biogeography

• Situating Contemporary Biogeography - Andrew C. Millington, Mark A. Blumler and Udo SchickhoffPART ONE: REVISITING THEORIES AND CONCEPTSHistory of Biogeographical Thought - Mark A. Blumler, Anthony Cole, John Flenley and Udo SchickhoffDiversity Theories - Duane A. GriffinTheory in Landscape Ecology and Its Relevance to Biogeography - John A. KupferClassification of Biogeographical and Ecological Phenomena - Angelika Schwabe and Anselm KratchowilThe Expanding Role of Phylogeography - Brett R. RiddleThe Biogeographic Importance of Pleistocene Refugia - Kathy J. Willis, Shonil A. Bhagwat and Mary E. EdwardsPART TWO: EXPLAINING DISTRIBUTIONS, GRADIENTS AND DISTURBANCESBiogeographical Distributions: The Role of Past Environments, Physical Factors, and Biotic Interactions - Udo SchickhoffBiodiversity Gradients - Jens MutkeExplaining Biogeographical Distributions and Gradients: Floral and Faunal Responses to Natural Disturbances - Anke V. Jentsch and Carl BeierkuhnleinFire and Ecosystem Function - Neal J. EnrightSpecies Response to Contemporary Climate Change - Tim H. Sparks, Annette Menzel, Josep Peñuelas and Piotr TryjanowskiPART THREE: RECONSIDERING BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMSEcosystem Dynamics of Subpolar and Polar Regions - Ingo Möller and Dietbert ThannheiserForest Ecosystem Structure and Disturbance Dynamics Across the Circumboreal Forest - Daneil Kneeshaw, Yves Bergeron and Timo KuuluvainenThe Ecosystem Dynamics of Tropical Savannas - Jayalaxshmi MistryTropical Forests: Biodiversity and Biogeography - Kenneth R. YoungDynamics of Mountain Ecosystems - Udo SchickhoffBiogeography of Agricultural Environments - Chris StoateThe Biogeography of Built Environments - Clarie FreemanPART FOUR: UTILIZING MAPPING AND MODELINGRemote Sensing for Mapping Biogeographical Distributions: Actualities and Potentials - Giles M. Foody and Andrew C. MillingtonRemote Sensing for Modeling Biogeographic Features and Processes - Joanne M. Nightingale, Stuart R. Phinn and Michael J. HillCharaterizing Spatial Pattern in Biogeograhical Data - Thomas P. Albright, Monica G. Turner and Jeffrey CardillePredictive Modeling of Biogeographical Phenomena - Niall GT. Burnside and Stephen WaiteSimulation - George P. MalansonBiocomplexity - Stephen J. Walsh, George P. Malanson, Joseph P. Messina, Daniel G. Brown, and Carlos F. MenaPART FIVE: LINKING BIOGEOGRAPHY AND SOCIETYEthnobotany - Robert VoeksInvasive Species, in Geographical Perspective - Mark A. BlumlerBioindicators for Ecological and Environmental Monitoring - Yordan UzonovHistorical Biogeography as a Basis for the Conservation of Dynamic Ecosystems - Rob Marchant and David M. TaylorHabitat Approaches to Nature Conservation - Geoffrey Hugh Griffiths and Ioannis VogiatzakisSpecies Approaches to Conservation in Biogeography - Patrick E. Osborne and Pedro J. Leitão