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Subject(s)

• Biogeography—New Zealand [Browse]
• Evolution (Biology)—New Zealand [Browse]
• Biotic communities—New Zealand [Browse]

Series

CRC biogeography series [More in this series]

Summary note

"Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. It is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and information from ecology, evolutionary biology, and other biological sciences as well as geography and geology. This book provides the first in-depth treatment of the biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to ecologists, evolutionary scientists, geographers, geologists, and scientists in related disciplines."--Publisher's description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-614) and index.

Contents

• 1. The spatial basis of biogeography
• 2. Analyzing the timeline of evolution
• 3. New Zealand geology
• 4. Introduction to the New Zealand biota and its geography
• 5. Biogeography of northern New Zealand : the offshore islands, the Northland-east coast allochthon, and the Taupo volcanic zone
• 6. Biogeography of New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands and the Chatham Islands
• 7. Biogeography of Stewart Island and the southern South Island : Mesozoic-Paleogene geology
• 8. Biogeography of the northern South Island, and its Mesozoic-Paleogene geology
• 9. Biogeography and Neogene geology of mainland New Zealand : Alpine fault strike-slip, Kaikoura Orogeny, and Pleistocene glaciation
• 10. Case studies of New Zealand plants
• 11. Some more case studies of New Zealand plants
• 12. Case studies of New Zealand animals
• 13. Structural evolution and ecology
• 14. Case studies of a trend : morphological reduction and fusion series
• 15. Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand birds
• 16. Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand bats
• 17. Conclusions.

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ISBN

• 9781498751872 ((alk. paper))
• 1498751873 ((alk. paper))

LCCN

2016010188

OCLC

945170013

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