Victoria University of Wellington Library
Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks: The Story of New Zealand Plants
Contents
Contents
Foreword
7
Preface
9
Acknowledgements
11
1. General Characteristics of the New Zealand Flora
13
2. Conifer Broadleaf Forest: General Features and Tropical Comparisons
27
3. Conifer Broadleaf Forest: Vines, Epiphytes and Parasites
45
4. Conifer Broadleaf Forest: Patterns, Processes and Theories
99
5. The Beech Forests
121
6. The Small Leaved Shrub Problem
133
7. The Plants of Open Habitats in the Lowlands
147
8. Alpine Plants
163
9. Where Did Our Alpine Plants Come From?
194
10. The Plants of the Outlying Islands
203
11. Plants of Other Southern Lands
223
12. Plant Fossils and the Story They Tell
236
Notes and References
251
Index
258