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M. Heads. 2016.
Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand.
Taylor and Francis/CRC, Boca Raton FL. September 2016.
© 2017 - CRC Press
635 pages; 162 B/W Illus.
Hardback: 9781498751872
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?
"I believe this to be a significant, and comprehensive, account of the plants
and animals of New Zealand. It is replete with distribution maps done in an
original style. HeadsÒs approach to biogeography is notable for its originality,
and this manuscript is an especially good example. There is nothing like it.
Forty years ago I wrote (and am quoted by Heads):
ÑWith regard to general problems of biogeography, the biota of New Zealand has
been, perhaps, the most important of any in the world. Åall notable authorities
have felt obliged to explain its history: explain New Zealand and the world
falls into place around it.
And so it is with Heads' manuscript!"
Gareth Nelson, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
Table of Contents
Analyzing the Spatial Component of Evolution. Analyzing the Timeline of Evolution. New Zealand Geology. An introduction to the New Zealand Biota and its Geography. Biogeography of the Northern New Zealand Offshore Islands. Biogeography of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands and the Chatham Islands. Biogeography of Mainland New Zealand and Neogene Geology: the Alpine Fault, the Kaikoura Orogeny, and the Pleistocene Glaciation. Case Studies of New Zealand Plants. Some More Case Studies of New Zealand Plants. Case Studies of New Zealand Animals. Structural Evolution and Ecology. Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand Birds. Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand Bats. Conclusions.