Lynne R. Parenti
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BIOGRAPHY
Curator, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Coauthor of Comparative Biogeography and others.
Primary Contributions (5)
Fish, any of approximately 34,000 species of vertebrate animals (phylum Chordata) found in the fresh and salt waters of the world. Living species range from the primitive jawless lampreys and hagfishes through the cartilaginous sharks, skates, and rays to the abundant and diverse bony fishes. Most…
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Publications (1)
Comparative Biogeography: Discovering and Classifying Biogeographical Patterns of a Dynamic Earth (Volume 2) (Species and Systematics)
To Unravel The Complex Shared History Of The Earth And Its Life Forms, Biogeographers Analyze Patterns Of Biodiversity, Species Distribution, And Geological History. So Far, The Field Of Biogeography Has Been Fragmented Into Divergent Systematic And Evolutionary Approaches, With No Overarching Or Unifying Research Theme Or Method. In This Text, Lynne Parenti And Malte Ebach Address This Discord And Outline Comparative Tools To Unify Biogeography. Rooted In Phylogenetic Systematics, This Comparative...
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