New Guinea Vegetation
Author | : K. Paijmans |
Publisher | : Elsevier Science & Technology |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : K. Paijmans |
Publisher | : Elsevier Science & Technology |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Timothy M. A. Utteridge |
Publisher | : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-04-04 |
Genre | : Arbres |
ISBN | : 9781842467503 |
The island of New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world with an extremely rich tree flora of up to 5,000 species. Trees of New Guinea details each of the 693 plant genera with arborescent members found in New Guinea. The entire New Guinea region is covered, including the West Papua and Papua Provinces of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the surrounding islands such as New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville. The book follows contemporary classifications and is richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout. Each group has a family description and key to the New Guinea tree genera, followed by a description of each genus, with notes on taxonomy, distribution, ecology and diagnostic characters.Trees of New Guinea is the essential companion to anyone studying or working in the region, including botanists, conservation workers, ecologists and zoologists.
Author | : J.L. Gressit |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 962 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400986327 |
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.
Author | : General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area. Allied Geographical Section. Directorate of Intelligence. Allied Air Forces |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Vegetation and climate |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. S. Womersley |
Publisher | : Steve Parish |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1977-12-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael Heads |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1107041023 |
A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.
Author | : Alistair Hay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Araceae |
ISBN | : 9789980853059 |
Author | : Andreé Millar |
Publisher | : Timber Press (OR) |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : |
Papua New Guinea''s variations of climate and habitat support a diverse orchid population. This book offers an introduction to the orchids of Papua New Guinea.'
Author | : Bruce M. Beehler |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2020-05-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691199914 |
An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman In this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island. Skillfully combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before. Lying between the Equator and Australia's north coast, and surrounded by the richest coral reefs on Earth, New Guinea is the world's largest, highest, and most environmentally complex tropical island—home to rainforests with showy rhododendrons, strange and colorful orchids, tree-kangaroos, spiny anteaters, ingenious bowerbirds, and spectacular birds of paradise. New Guinea is also home to more than a thousand traditional human societies, each with its own language and lifestyle, and many of these tribes still live in isolated villages and serve as stewards of the rainforests they inhabit. Accessible and authoritative, New Guinea provides a comprehensive introduction to the island's environment, animals, plants, and traditional rainforest cultures. Individual chapters cover the island's history of exploration; geology; climate and weather; biogeography; plantlife; insects, spiders, and other invertebrates; freshwater fishes; snakes, lizards, and frogs; birdlife; mammals; paleontology; paleoanthropology; cultural and linguistic diversity; surrounding islands and reefs; the pristine forest of the Foja Mountains; village life; and future sustainability. Complete with informative illustrations and a large, detailed map, New Guinea offers an enchanting account of the island's unequalled natural and cultural treasures.
Author | : Peter O'Byrne |
Publisher | : Snp Publishers |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |