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For islands, which have proved essential in the development of biogeography theory, the focus is on species-area and species-isolation relationships that underpin the equilibrium theory of island biogeography developed by MacArthur and Wilson, and other seminal advances that many researchers and students of biogeography will be familiar with. I'm somewhat biased of course, but the importance of biogeography, or the "science of the geography of life" as Mark V. Lomolino puts it in I Biogeography: A Very Short Introduction i (p. 4) really cannot be overstated. Lomolino quotes Dennis McCarthy's view that biogeography must be 'placed alongside literature and history as an essential component of a truly enlightened education' (p. 3). [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species,' by John Avise.

The article reviews the book "Crustacean Issues 19: Phylogeography andpopulation genetics in crustacea" edited by Christoph Held, Stefan Koenemann and Christoph D. Schubart.

The article reviews the book "Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics," by Michael Heads.

Reviews the book 'Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species,' by John C. Avise.

Reviews the book 'Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species,' by J.C. Avise.

The article reviews the book "Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Conservation of European Biodiversity," edited by Steven Weiss and Nuno Ferrand.

Reviews the book 'Phylogeography--The History and Formation of Species,' by John Avise.