Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand

Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand
Author: Julian Fitter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1472981251

A fully illustrated photographic field guide to New Zealand wildlife. New Zealand is a popular tourist destination with a wide range of dramatic scenery and a long list of endemic species. Although the country's wildlife has suffered as a result of unwelcome introductions, most species have managed to survive thanks to a number of dedicated and inspired conservationists. This glorious photographic field guide illustrates most of the vertebrate species to be found there, as well as a large number of typical invertebrates and flora. The photographs are accompanied by a succinct text, and this portable guide will be invaluable to all visitors to the country with an interest in natural history.

Plants on Plants – The Biology of Vascular Epiphytes

Plants on Plants – The Biology of Vascular Epiphytes
Author: Gerhard Zotz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319392379

This book critically reviews advances in our understanding of the biology of vascular epiphytes since Andreas Schimper’s 1888 seminal work. It addresses all aspects of their biology, from anatomy and physiology to ecology and evolution, in the context of general biological principles. By comparing epiphytes with non-epiphytes throughout, it offers a valuable resource for researchers in plant sciences and related disciplines. A particular strength is the identification of research areas that have not received the attention they deserve, with conservation being a case in point. Scientists have tended to study pristine systems, but global developments call for information on epiphytes in human-disturbed systems and the response of epiphytes to global climate change.

Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest

Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest
Author: John Dawson
Publisher: Godwit Pub.
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

An illustrated ecological field guide to New Zealand's native forests. In one volume it provides identification for a range of common plants (including trees and shrubs, vines and epiphytes, ground plants, fungi, mosses and liverworts) and animals (birds, reptiles, insects and mammals).

New Zealand's Native Trees

New Zealand's Native Trees
Author: John Dawson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2019-10-04
Genre: Trees
ISBN: 9780947503987

New Zealand's Native Trees is a landmark book, the kind that is published only once in a generation. It celebrates our unique and magnificent native forests, and describes and generously illustrates more than 320 species, subspecies and varieties. This edition has been completely brought up-to-date with a significant number of botanical revisions, as many new species have been described or reclassified in the years since the book was first published.

Vascular Epiphytes

Vascular Epiphytes
Author: David H. Benzing
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2008-01-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521048958

This synthesis of the growing body of information from research on epiphytes and their relations with other tropical biota provides a comprehensive overview of basic functions, life history, evolution, and the place of epiphytes in complex tropical communities. Epiphytes comprise more than one-third of the tropical vascular flora in some tropical forests. Growing within tropical forest canopies, epiphytes are subject to severe environmental constraints, and their diverse adaptations make them a rich resource for studies of water balance, nutrition, reproduction and evolution.

The Nature of Plant Communities

The Nature of Plant Communities
Author: J. Bastow Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2019-03-21
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 110848221X

Provides a comprehensive review of the role of species interactions in the process of plant community assembly.

Monteverde

Monteverde
Author: Nalini M. Nadkarni
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2000-03-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0195133102

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest.This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also examines the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forest and the surrounding communities. Ecologists, tropical biologists, and natural historians will find this volume an indispensable resource, as will all those who are fascinated by the magnificent wonders of the tropical forests.

Botany: The Science of Plant Life

Botany: The Science of Plant Life
Author: Norman Taylor
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Botany: The Science of Plant Life" by Norman Taylor. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.