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050 1 4 _aQH197.5 .GE19 2016
082 0 4 _a578.0993
_223
100 1 _aGibbs, George W,
_eauthor.
_9276289
245 1 0 _aGhosts of Gondwana :
_bthe history of life in New Zealand /
_cGeorge Gibbs.
246 3 0 _aHistory of life in New Zealand
250 _aFully revised edition.
264 1 _aNelson, New Zealand :
_bPotton & Burton,
_c2016.
300 _a367 pages:
_billustrations (chiefly colour), maps, photographs ;
_c27 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tPreface to Revised Edition --
_tIntroduction --
_gSection 1.
_tUnique Aotearoa : --
_g1.
_tUnique Aotearoa : endemic life --
_g2.
_tSuccess New Zealand style : a parrot and a bat --
_gSection 2.
_tSeeking explanations : --
_g3.
_tWhat is historical biogeography? --
_g4.
_tGondwanan ancestry of the land --
_g5.
_tDeep time and fossils --
_g6.
_tTracing relationships : family trees --
_g7.
_tEphemeral islands --
_gSection 3.
_tExplanations for New Zealand's life : --
_g8.
_tLandscapes in New Zealand's history --
_g9.
_tWindows on past life --
_g10.
_tThe drowning myth --
_g11.
_tSeeking the ghosts of Gondwana --
_g12.
_tTrans-oceanicmiracles : the role of dispersal --
_g13.
_tNew Zealand as part of the world : jaw-moth history --
_g14.
_tLand uplifted : the alpine zone --
_g15.
_tA last-minute cold snap : the Pleistocene --
_g16.
_tHuman interventions --
_gSection 4.
_tMade in New Zealand : unusual evolutionary opportunities : --
_g17.
_tRatites : our giant flightless birds --
_g18.
_tThe impact of ghosts in the bush --
_g19.
_tEvolution in action : insect singers --
_g20.
_tOur herpetological heritage --
_g21.
_tWhatever happened to the flowers? --
_g22.
_tMolluscan innovators --
_g23.
_tStream faunas : the Antarctic linkway? --
_g24.
_tConclusions : justification for 'Gondwanan'? --
_tAppendix: Scientific names of plant and animals --
_tGlossary --
_tReferences --
_tIndex.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aBiogeography
_zNew Zealand
_9621179
650 0 _aNatural history
_zNew Zealand.
_9371855
650 0 _aEndemic animals
_zNew Zealand
_9600877
650 0 _aAnimals
_zNew Zealand
_xHistory
_9689299
650 0 _aPlants
_zNew Zealand
_xHistory
_9689306
651 0 _aGondwana (Continent)
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