The other face of Lyell: Historical biogeography in his Principles of geology

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-559

  Alfredo Bueno Hernandez A ^a   Llorente Bousquets, Jorge E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Areas of endemism; Charles Lyell; Dispersal; Dispersalist biogeography; Historical biogeography; History of biogeography; History of science; Natural law; Uniformitarianism

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RECORD;

EID: 33645317903     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01475.x     Document Type: Review

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