Preface: "That grand subject" : biogeography as the fountainhead of scientific discovery and the unifying theory of life and Earth
Galápagan epiphany : how the distribution of plants and animals led Darwin to the theory of evolution
The Mesosaurus problem : how fossil locations helped revolutionized our view of earth history
Pygmy mammoths and mysterious islands : why the geography of certain island groups, like Hawaii, Galápagos, and the Channel Islands, has turned them into a cauldron of evolutionary catalysts
The volcanic ring that changed the world : how evolution and plate tectonics have operated in concert to govern the major biotic patterns and produce the Earth's most fascinating creatures in the most exotic locales
The bloody fall of South America and the last of the Triassic beak-headed reptiles : South America, Australia, and New Zealand as sanctuaries for "living fossils"
Enchanted waters : biogeography among the life aquatic
The battle over Eden : the controversy over the biogeographical history of the human race
The grand coalescence of life and earth : the past, present, and future of biogeography.
