Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea write by J.L. Gressit. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. J. L. Gressitt New Guinea is a fantastic island, unique and fascinating. It is an area of incredible variety of geomorphology, biota, peoples, languages, history, tradi tions and cultures. Diversity is its prime characteristic, whatever the subject of interest. To a biogeographer it is tantalizing, as well as confusing or frustrating when trying to determine the history of its biota. To an ecologist, and to all biologists, it is a happy hunting ground of endless surprises and unanswered questions. To a conservationist it is like a dream come true, a "flash-back" of a few centuries, as well as a challenge for the future. New Guinea is so special that it is hard to compare it with other islands or tropical areas. It is something apart, with its very complicated history (chapters I: 2-4, II: 1-4, III: I, VI: I, 2). It is partly old but to a great extent very young, yet extremely rich and complex. It has biota of different sources - to such a degree that it is still disputed in this volume as to what Realm it belongs to: the Paleotropical or Notogaean (Australian); or what Region: Oriental, "Oceanic," Papuan or Australian. The terms Papuasian, Indo-Australian and Australasian also have been applied to the area.
Biogeography of Australasia
Biogeography of Australasia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biogeography of Australasia write by Michael Heads. This book was released on 2014. Biogeography of Australasia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.
The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests
The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests write by Thomas T. Veblen. This book was released on 1996-01-01. The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ecologists and biogeographers have been intrigued for a long time by the striking similarity of the vegetation and flora of southern temperate zone regions separated by large oceans. These scientists have been particularly interested in the occurrence in these regions of Nothofagus--southern beeches. This book, which focuses on the distribution, history, and ecology of the genus Nothofagus, provides a key to understanding the historical plant geography and modern vegetation patterns of the southern hemisphere. The book begins with a discussion of the long-term and broad-scale patterns of origin and differentiation in the genus. Next each major Nothofagus biome is discussed, first in a chapter that considers contemporary ecological patterns and then in a chapter that focuses on the history and paleoecology of the region. Authorities in the field deal with the temperate zone of the southwest Pacific region (New Zealand and Australia); the adjacent tropical zone of the southwest Pacific (New Guinea and New Caledonia); and South America, ranging from the Mediterranean-type climate region of central Chile to the subantarctic latitudes of Tierra del Fuego.
Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea
Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea write by Dmitry Telnov. This book was released on 2011-08-01. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Birds of New Guinea
Birds of New Guinea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Birds of New Guinea write by Thane K. Pratt. This book was released on 2015. Birds of New Guinea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.
