Zoogeography and the Sea : INDEX

In these three lectures I shall address the following:

1. introduce the role that oceans have played in determining the geographic distribution of earth's terrestrial animals - what we call "zoogeography". This will involve us in some very ancient history;

2. provide some detail on three specific zoogeographic matters - Wallace's Line, the Great American Faunal Interchange, and the entry of humans into the New World.

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