Contents

Preface
......................... vii

Contributors ......................... ix

1 The Southern Conifers - An Introduction ......................... 1
NEAL J. ENRIGHT, ROBERT S. HILL and THOMAS T. VEBLEN

2 Conifer Origin, Evolution and Diversification in the Southern Hemisphere ......................... 10
ROBERT S. HILL

3 The Quaternary History of the Southern Conifers ......................... 30
A.P. KERSHAW and M. S. McGLONE

4 The Ecology of Southern African Conifers ......................... 64
J.J. MIDGLEY, W.J. BOND and C.J. GELDENHUYS

5 Community Dynamics of the New Zealand Conifers ......................... 81
JOHN OGDEN and GLENN H. STEWART

6 The Ecology of the Conifers of Southern South America ................ 120
THOMAS T. VEBLEN, BRUCE R. BURNS, THOMAS KITZBERGER, ANTONIO LARA and RICARDO VILLALBA

7 Conifer Forests of the Chilean Coastal Range ......................... 156
JUAN J. ARMESTO, CAROLINA VILLAGRAN, JUAN C. ARAVENA, CECILIA PEREZ, CECILIA SMITH-RAMIREZ, MARCO CORTES and LARS HEDIN

8 Distribution and Ecology of the Conifers of New Caledonia ......................... 171
T. JAFFRE

9 Conifers of Tropical Australasia ......................... 197
NEAL J. ENRIGHT

10 Conifers of Southern Australia ......................... 223
NEIL GIBSON, P.C.J. BARKER, P.J. CULLEN and ALISON SHAPCOTT

11 Conifers of Australia's Dry Forests and Open Woodlands ......................... 252
D.M.J.S. BOWMAN and STEPHEN HARRIS

12 The Southern Conifers - A Synthesis ......................... 271
NEAL J. ENRIGHT and JOHN OGDEN

References ......................... 288

Index ......................... 322