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Title: |
The Natural History of Southern New Zealand |
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| Edited by: |
John Darby, R. Ewan Fordyce, Alan Mark Foreword by: Neville Peat |
| ISBN10-13: |
1877133515 : 9781877133510 |
| Illustrations: |
colour photos, maps & charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
304x228x33mm |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Weight: |
1.940 Kg. |
| Published: |
Otago University Press (NZ) - January 2004 |
| List Price: |
35.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Reprint under Consideration
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| Subjects: |
Plant ecology : Animal ecology : Physical geography & topography : Natural history : New Zealand |
| Bringing together this environment and the scientists who study it, The Natural History of Southern New Zealand is a major new book published by Otago University Press in association with the Otago Museum. Fifty-three authors, most from scientific disciplines and leaders in their specialist fields, combine hundreds of years of collective expertise and research to describe the nature of the region in thirteen chapters. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Geology; Landforms; Fossils and the History of Life; Climate; Biogeography; Environmental Change Since the Last Glaciation; The Human Factor; Forests and Shrublands; Tussock Grasslands and Associated Mountain Lands; Inland Waters and Wetlands; The Coast; The Open Sea; Nature Conservation in Southern New Zealand; Index. |
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