Author: J.L. Gressit
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986327
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
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 and Ecology of New Guinea
Author: J.L. Gressit
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986327
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986327
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
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 and Ecology of New Guinea
Author: J. L. Gressit
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages :
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Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea
Author: Judson Lindsey Gressitt
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Biogeography of Australasia
Author: Michael Heads
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.
Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea: General and physical background, pt.2: Man and his impact on the environment, pt.3: vegetation and flora ; v.2: pt.4: Invertebrate fauna, pt.5: Vertebrate fauna, pt.6: Biogeographica summaries, pt.7: Conservation
Author: J. Linsley Gressitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea: pt. 4. Intertebrate fauna. pt. 5. Vertebrate fauna. pt. 6. Biogeographica summaries. pt. 7. Conservation
Author: J. Linsley Gressitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea
Author: Judson Lindsey Gressitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789061938811
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea
Author: Dmitry Telnov
Publisher: The Entomological Society of Latvia
ISBN: 998497684X
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Publisher: The Entomological Society of Latvia
ISBN: 998497684X
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Birds of New Guinea
Author: Thane K. Pratt
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691095639
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691095639
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.