Australian Natural History Volume 17 Issue 12: Papua New Guinea

Bibliographic Data

Title

Australian Natural History Volume 17 Issue 12: Papua New Guinea

Contributors

Talbot, F.H. (Frank Hamilton), 1930-;
Somare, Michael.;
Lea, David;
Dow, D.B.;
Fisher, N.H.;
Heyligers, Petrus C.;
Walker, D.;
George, Graeme G.;
Schodde, Richard;
Zweifel, Richard G. (Richard George), 1926-2019;
McAlpine, David K.; Specht, Jim, 1940-

Series Editor

Talbot, F.H. (Frank Hamilton), 1930-

Year

1973

Publication Type

Journal

Publisher

Australian Museum

Journal

Australian Natural History

Number of pages

76

Start page

381

End page

452

Volume

17

Issue

12

Date Span

Vol.14, no.1-vol.23, no.12 (1962-1992)

Publisher

Australian Museum

Place Published

Sydney

Language

en

ISSN

0004-9840

Table of Contents

Foreword - Michael Somare, Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea - 381

The physical geography of Papua New Guinea - Lea, David - 382

The geological evolution of Papua New Guinea - Dow, D.B. - 389

Mineral resources - Fisher, N.H. - 398

The vegetation of the lowlands - Heyligers, Petrus C. - 404

Highlands vegetation - Walker, D. - 410

Land mammal fauna - George, Graeme G. - 420

Remarkable bird life - Schodde, Richard - 427

Reptiles and amphibians - Zweifel, Richard G. (Richard George), 1926-2019 - 434

Insects of New Guinea - McAlpine, David K. - 440

Prehistory poses many problems - Specht, Jim, 1940- - 445

Book reviews - 432, 433

Meet our contributors - 452

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External URL

https://museum-publications.australian.museum/aus-nat-hist-1973-v17-iss12

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