BIOL10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading, Oligocene
30 Jul 2018
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Australia"s biodiversity: fairly sizeable and unique flora and fauna in australia, australia is a mega-diverse country, (cid:1012)% of the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s species, many species are endemic (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g they do(cid:374)(cid:859)t occur a(cid:374)y(cid:449)here else. Many are related to reptiles in other parts of the world: familiar endemic groups: mammals. Australia"s unique flora: >21,000 species, >90% of australian species are endemic, for example, kangaroo paws only occur in the south west of western australia, unique nature of biota was noticed early by the european explorers. Hooker noticed that related plants and animals occurred also in the southern hemisphere, (cid:858)li(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g(cid:859) the co(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts. Hooker noticed that the genera or families are often similar to other organisms found in other lands. 1 species in africa, 4 species in south east asia, 2 species in. Include the ria in south america, the ostrich in africa, the emu and cassowary in australia, kiwis in new zealand. Related to the beach trees of the northern hemisphere.
