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Index Page numbers in italics indicate figures or tables, those in bold indicate the pages on which the subject of the entry is defined. Plates are indexed as Plate 1, Plate 2, etc. aardvark 190, 301 American herring gull 34, 34 Abies (fir) 358, 362 American marten 247 abyssal plain 259, 259, 455 American robin 83 abyssal zone 259, 269, 455, Plate 4 American wigeon 38 Acacia 332 amino acids 171 Acer (maple) amphi-Pacific elements 329 A. saccharum (sugar maple) 140 amphitropical distribution see bipolar distribution pollen diagrams 357, 358 Anak Krakatau 218, 219, 220, 223, 223, 224 adaptive radiation 204–208, 205–207, 455 Anas 38 Adelina tribolii 74 Ancylostoma 419 adenine 170, 171 Andeab-Saharan Ice Age 371 Adonis blue butterfly 66, 67 angiosperms 303–305, 303, 304, 455 Aedes mosquitoes 417 biogeographical regions 316 Africa 324–327, 325 distribution 322–323 biodiversity 137 see also individual species Cape flora 327 animals 3–4 Great Lakes 200 domestication 414–415 hominid evolution 399, 460 world maps 10–12, 10, 11 mammalian evolution 301 see also fauna Afrochlus 233 Anolis 340 Afrotheria 302–303 Anopheles mosquitoes 417 agriculture 409–414, 410–413 Anser (geese) albedo 292, 455 A. albifrons (white-fronted goose) 77–78, 77 alder see Alnus A. indicus (bar-headed goose) 37 Aleutian island arc 162 Antarctic Circumpolar Current 276, 308 algae 120, 220, 266 Antarctic Convergence 276 alien species see invasive (alien) species Antarctic Divergence 262, 264 alleles 172, 455 Antarctica allerød interstadial 374, 455 dispersal events 239 Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 84 glaciation 238 allopatric speciation 176–179, 180COPYRIGHTED, 208, 235, 455 separationMATERIAL of 157–158 Alnus (alder) anteater 301 A.
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