New Zealand Freshwater Fishes : an Historical and Ecological Biogeography /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDowall, R.M. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Fish & Fisheries Series ; 32
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New Zealand’s Distinctive and Well-Known Freshwater Fish Fauna
  • The Geographical Setting of New Zealand and Its Place in Global Geography
  • New Zealand’s Geological and Climatic History and Its Biogeographical Context
  • A Conceptual Basis for Biogeography
  • Some Essentials of Freshwater Fish Biogeography, Fish Life Histories, and the Place of Diadromy
  • Data Sources for the Present Study
  • Phylogenetic Lineages in the Fauna and the Evolution of Diadromy: A Broad Perspective
  • Galaxias and Gondwana
  • Broad-Scale, Macroecological Patterns, Ranges and Community Species Richness in the Fauna
  • Pattern and Process in the Distributions and Biogeography of New Zealand Freshwater Fishes: The Diadromous Species
  • Pattern and Process in the Distributions of Non-diadromous Species – 1: The Galaxias vulgaris Species Complex
  • Pattern and Process in the Distributions of Non-diadromous Species 2: The ‘Pencil-Galaxias’ Species Group
  • Pattern and Process in the Distributions of Non-diadromous Species 3: The Dune Lakes Galaxias
  • Distribution, History and Biogeography of the Neochanna Mudfishes
  • Distribution and Biogeography of the Non-diadromous Gobiomorphus Bullies
  • A Biogeographical Synthesis: 1. The Big Picture
  • Biogeographical Synthesis: 2. More Local Issues and Patterns
  • A Biogeographical Synthesis 3: Issues of Diadromy, Diversification and Dispersal
  • Some General Biogeographical Patterns in the Fish Fauna
  • A More Global Perspective and a Final Summation.