A comprehensive exploration of southern New Zealand.
Within southern New Zealand there are three national parks of outstanding beauty and interest - Fiordland, Mount Aspiring and Rakiura/Stewart Island, which gives some indication of the scope of this new book. Much has already been written about the natural history of southern New Zealand, but this collaborative work by leaders in their specialist fields takes the published knowledge of this region to a new level.
In thirteen chapters, these authors explore the region in depth and breadth, delving into its history and examining conservation efforts to safeguard its future: they examine the geology, landforms, fossils, climate, biogeography, environmental change since the last glaciaton, the human factor, forests and shrublands, and tussock grasslands and associated mountain lands, inland waters and wetlands, the coast, the open sea and nature conservation.
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