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- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Arctic Realm
- Chapter 2 The Palearctic Realm
- Chapter 3 The Afrotropical Realm
- Chapter 4 The Madagascan Realm
- Chapter 5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
- Chapter 6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
- Chapter 7 The Australian Realm
- Chapter 8 The Polynesian Realm
- Chapter 9 The Nearctic Realm
- Chapter 10 The Caribbean Realm
- Chapter 11 The Neotropical Realm
- Chapter 12 The Patagonian Realm
- Chapter 13 The Antarctic Realm
- Chapter 14 The Oceanic Realm
- Chapter 15 Global Balance
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 8 - The Polynesian Realm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2023
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Arctic Realm
- Chapter 2 The Palearctic Realm
- Chapter 3 The Afrotropical Realm
- Chapter 4 The Madagascan Realm
- Chapter 5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
- Chapter 6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
- Chapter 7 The Australian Realm
- Chapter 8 The Polynesian Realm
- Chapter 9 The Nearctic Realm
- Chapter 10 The Caribbean Realm
- Chapter 11 The Neotropical Realm
- Chapter 12 The Patagonian Realm
- Chapter 13 The Antarctic Realm
- Chapter 14 The Oceanic Realm
- Chapter 15 Global Balance
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Polynesian Realm comprises all the islands within the vast expanse of the North and South Pacific east of the Australian, Papua-Melanesian and Indo-Malaysian realms and west of the Americas. Alternatively known as the Oceanian Realm, it is divided into three zoogeographic regions (Polynesian, Novozelandic, and Micronesian). The climatic range is considerable, ranging from tropical to subpolar.
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- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the WorldA Biogeographic Approach, pp. 341 - 373Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023