New Zealands Changing Landscape
New Zealands Changing Landscape
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/3589-new-zealand-s-changing-coastline
Tectonic Plates
The movement of Tectonic plates below continue to influence the landscape of New Zealand
Tectonic Plates
Movement of tectonic plates which resulted in the formation of the Southern Alps.
Speciation of Moa
As landscapes changed new habitats were available for Moa to expand into and speciation occurred
Adaptive Radiation Of Wrens in NZ
Changing coastlines results in changing niche availability for species
Paleographic maps of changes in shorelines in the New Zealand region over the last 45 million years, showing extensive loss of land area and niches up to the 'Oligocene bottleneck' 35-25 million years ago, followed by area expansion and niche diversification. Ma = millions of years before present. (after Couper et al., in prep.)
https://nzscienceteacher.co.nz/index.php/curriculum-literacy/the-living-world/a-new-zealand-evolutionary-story-the-wrens/#.YWjxpZpBxPY