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.
Michael Heads
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. Heads’s 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): ‘With regard to general
problems of biogeography, the biota of New Zealand has been,
perhaps, the most important of any in the world. …all 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, AustraliaThe author has made a significant
contribution by drawing together information on the New Zealand
biota and its relationships from around 2000 primary sources. As a
compendium, it has no equal. Although its theoretical content will
be challenged, Heads has provided an accessible entrée to the
diversity of the New Zealand biota.-- Richard N. Holdaway,
Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New
Zealand, in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol 93, 2018
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. Heads’s 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): ‘With regard to general
problems of biogeography, the biota of New Zealand has been,
perhaps, the most important of any in the world. …all 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, AustraliaThe author has made a significant
contribution by drawing together information on the New Zealand
biota and its relationships from around 2000 primary sources. As a
compendium, it has no equal. Although its theoretical content will
be challenged, Heads has provided an accessible entrée to the
diversity of the New Zealand biota.-- Richard N. Holdaway,
Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New
Zealand, in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol 93, 2018
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