Process and pattern in the biogeography of New Zealand - A global microcosm?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-212

  McDowall, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Dispersal; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Oligocene submergence; South America; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; DISPERSAL; FAUNA; FLORA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROCOSM; OLIGOCENE; PLATE TECTONICS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349090486     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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