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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Flora of New Zealand
Author: Above the Treeline
Author: Alan Francis MarkPublisher: Craig Potton Publishing
ISBN: 9781877517761
Category : Mountain animals
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
New Zealand's alpine environment is challenging, not only for the humans who explore it but for the plants and animals that inhabit it. The extremes of temperature, short summers and high rates of erosion make for an uncertain environment, and the flora and fauna have evolved and adapted to it in interesting ways. Above the Treeline: A nature guide to the New Zealand mountains is a guide to the natural history of these fascinating ecosystems. It is the first book to be published that brings together the range of flora and fauna that inhabit the alpine environment. As well as our unique alpine plants, which constitute the majority of the book, this guide includes birds; frogs and lizards; butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, beetles and other invertebrates; and mosses and lichens. An informative introduction is followed by descriptions of more than 850 species, illustrated by approximately 1000 colour photographs. Written by eminent botanist and conservationist Sir Alan Mark, . . .
Contributions to New Zealand Botany
Author: William Lauder LindsayPublisher:
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Category : Botanique
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand
Author: Michael HeadsPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315351218
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand 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. It serves as a key addition to the contemporary discussion on regionalization—how is New Zealand different from the rest of the world? With what other areas does it share its geology, history, and biota? Do new molecular phylogenies show that New Zealand may be seen as a biological ‘parallel universe’ within global evolution?
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Author: Alan E. Esler