Collections of papers are useful both to undergraduates and their lecturers. Here is a set of 72 pieces on biogeography, 30 of which are excerpts from books. They were chosen and edited by a committee of 19 biologists, 13 of whom have contributed to the commentaries that precede the eight sections. Except for the first section, on early (mostly nineteenth century) classics, these are arranged by topic, which is helpful. In much the same way that a camel is a horse designed by a committee, the selection of topics has some strange bumps and depressions, but the resulting animal is nevertheless useful in the appropriate circumstances.
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