The interaction of the summer monsoon winds

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PART  GENERAL INTRODUCTION 
A. BACKGROUND: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY: ‘DUEL’ VIEWS
2. ECOLOGICAL NICHE, EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS
B. BACKGROUND: THE REGIONAL SCALE
1. MEETING IN THE MIDDLE
2. BRIDGING THE GAP: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
3. HYPOTHESES AND EXPECTATIONS
MATERIAL AND METHODS
A. PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT: WESTERN GHATS OF INDIA
1. TOPOGRAPHIC AND HABITAT HETEROGENEITY
2. DYNAMIC BIOGEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
3. ENDEMISM AND DIOECY IN THE WESTERN GHATS
B. THE DATA
1. QUANTIFYING PAST AND PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
2. VARIATION IN FLORISTIC COMPOSITION ALONG ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS
3. PHYLOGENETIC DATA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PART II
CHAPTER 1 PAST POTENTIAL HABITATS SHED LIGHT ON THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ENDEMIC TREE SPECIES OF THE WESTERN GHATS BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT, SOUTH INDIA (JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY) 
CHAPTER 2 PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY IN THE WESTERN GHATS BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT REFLECTS ENVIRONMENTAL FILTERING AND PAST NICHE DIVERSIFICATION OF TREES 
CHAPTER 3 ROLE OF DIOECY IN THE ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF TREES IN THE WESTERN GHATS: A LEGACY OF ARIDIFICATION? 
GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
1. OVERVIEW
2. THE STORY THAT CONGENERIC ENDEMICS TOLD: NICHE LABILITY
3. CONSERVATION OF ANCESTRAL PREFERENCES IN SOUTHERN REFUGIA
4. MACROEVOLUTIONARY CONTINGENCY
5. LIMITATIONS OPEN PERSPECTIVES
6. IMPLICATION FOR CONSERVATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY