Discover the profound depths of New Zealand's biodiversity with the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2. This essential resource is ideal for ecologists, biodiversity researchers, and conservationists, offering a comprehensive review of the nation’s rich fauna. Authored by Dennis P. Gordon and published by Canterbury University Press, this brand-new volume features 544 meticulously detailed pages that bring to light the incredible diversity of New Zealand's species. Volume 2 primarily focuses on the major animal group Ecdysozoa, covering crucial categories such as arachnids, centipedes, crustaceans, and insects. It further explores the unique phylum Chaetognatha, known for its enigmatic arrow worms. The volume concludes with a fascinating examination of ichnofossils—traces of ancient animal activities. This groundbreaking work is part of a three-volume series aimed at cataloging nearly 55,000 species, emphasizing New Zealand’s exceptional biodiversity with approximately 52% of its species being endemic. Join the international effort to enumerate all known species as part of the Species 2000 project. By enriching your understanding of New Zealand's flora and fauna, you'll contribute towards conserving this unique taonga for future generations. Order now and enhance your library with this pivotal biological resource.

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CONDITION: Brand New
Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm
Pages: 544

Author: Dennis P. Gordon Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Publication Date: 01-11-2010

This volume is the second of three that provide a complete review and inventory of New Zealand's entire living and fossil biodiversity - an international effort involving more than 220 New Zealand and overseas specialists and the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Together, the three volumes will list every one of the almost 55,000 known species of New Zealand's animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms. \n Volume 2 mostly deals with the major branch of the animal kingdom known as Ecdysozoa (moulting animals), which includes arachnids, centipedes and millipedes, crustaceans and insects. It also includes the enigmatic phylum Chaetognatha (arrow worms) and concludes with a chapter on the fossil traces - ichnofossils - of ancient animal activities. \n All three volumes are affiliated with Species 2000, an international scientific project with the long-term goal of enumerating all known species on Earth into one seamless list - the Catalogue of Life, a kind of online biological telephone directory.To date, only New Zealand has compiled a checklist of its entire biota. Approximately 52% of this country's species are endemic - found only in New Zealand's freshwater, marine, and land environments. We have a responsibility to the global community to preserve this unique heritage or taonga. But further than that, all of our species - including many of the naturalised aliens included in the survey - are important to New Zealand's economy, ecology and well-being. Written