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Ghosts of Gondwana : the history of life in New Zealand / George Gibbs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nelson, New Zealand : Potton & Burton, 2016Edition: Fully revised editionDescription: 367 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, photographs ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780947503086
  • 0947503080
Other title:
  • History of life in New Zealand
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 578.0993 23
LOC classification:
  • QH197.5 .GE19 2016
Contents:
Preface to Revised Edition -- Introduction -- Section 1. Unique Aotearoa : -- 1. Unique Aotearoa : endemic life -- 2. Success New Zealand style : a parrot and a bat -- Section 2. Seeking explanations : -- 3. What is historical biogeography? -- 4. Gondwanan ancestry of the land -- 5. Deep time and fossils -- 6. Tracing relationships : family trees -- 7. Ephemeral islands -- Section 3. Explanations for New Zealand's life : -- 8. Landscapes in New Zealand's history -- 9. Windows on past life -- 10. The drowning myth -- 11. Seeking the ghosts of Gondwana -- 12. Trans-oceanicmiracles : the role of dispersal -- 13. New Zealand as part of the world : jaw-moth history -- 14. Land uplifted : the alpine zone -- 15. A last-minute cold snap : the Pleistocene -- 16. Human interventions -- Section 4. Made in New Zealand : unusual evolutionary opportunities : -- 17. Ratites : our giant flightless birds -- 18. The impact of ghosts in the bush -- 19. Evolution in action : insect singers -- 20. Our herpetological heritage -- 21. Whatever happened to the flowers? -- 22. Molluscan innovators -- 23. Stream faunas : the Antarctic linkway? -- 24. Conclusions : justification for 'Gondwanan'? -- Appendix: Scientific names of plant and animals -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Summary: "New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on earth, and the remarkable story of how and why life evolved here is the subject of Ghosts of Gondwana."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to Revised Edition -- Introduction -- Section 1. Unique Aotearoa : -- 1. Unique Aotearoa : endemic life -- 2. Success New Zealand style : a parrot and a bat -- Section 2. Seeking explanations : -- 3. What is historical biogeography? -- 4. Gondwanan ancestry of the land -- 5. Deep time and fossils -- 6. Tracing relationships : family trees -- 7. Ephemeral islands -- Section 3. Explanations for New Zealand's life : -- 8. Landscapes in New Zealand's history -- 9. Windows on past life -- 10. The drowning myth -- 11. Seeking the ghosts of Gondwana -- 12. Trans-oceanicmiracles : the role of dispersal -- 13. New Zealand as part of the world : jaw-moth history -- 14. Land uplifted : the alpine zone -- 15. A last-minute cold snap : the Pleistocene -- 16. Human interventions -- Section 4. Made in New Zealand : unusual evolutionary opportunities : -- 17. Ratites : our giant flightless birds -- 18. The impact of ghosts in the bush -- 19. Evolution in action : insect singers -- 20. Our herpetological heritage -- 21. Whatever happened to the flowers? -- 22. Molluscan innovators -- 23. Stream faunas : the Antarctic linkway? -- 24. Conclusions : justification for 'Gondwanan'? -- Appendix: Scientific names of plant and animals -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

"New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on earth, and the remarkable story of how and why life evolved here is the subject of Ghosts of Gondwana."--Publisher's website.

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