Contents xiii 



Origin of Biomes and Succession 243 



Evolution From Community to Biome 250 



Evolution Within the Biome 257 



Community Succession 266 



Evolution of Succession 283 



Origin of New Terrestrial Biomes 285 



Summary 296 



10 Comparative Evolution of Biomes 299 



The Mixing Process 300 

 Regional Evolution 319 

 Phylogeny and Age of Biomes 321 



11 The Geotectonic Factor 327 



The Elevating Process 328 

 The Levelling Process 333 

 Effect On Evolution 334 

 The "Geotectonic Machine" 336 



1-^ The Organization of Matter and Life 337 



Ordering in Life 339 



References 345 



Index 375 



