title: Evolution of New Zealand's terrestrial fauna: a review of molecular evidence.
abstract: New Zealand biogeography has been dominated by the knowledge that its geophysical history is continental in nature. The continental crust (Zealandia) from which New Zealand is formed broke from Gondwanaland ca 80 Ma, and there has existed a pervading view that the native biota is primarily a product of this long isolation. However, molecular studies of terrestrial animals and plants in New Zealand indicate that many taxa arrived since isolation of the land, and that diversification in most groups is relatively recent. This is consistent with evidence for species turnover from the fossil record, taxonomic affinity, tectonic evidence and observations of biological composition and interactions. Extinction, colonization and speciation have yielded a biota in New Zealand which is, in most respects, more like that of an oceanic archipelago than a continent.
authors.affiliation: Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 5301, New Zealand. j.goldberg@massey.ac.nz
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Trewick
authors.forename: Adrian M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Paterson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003710:Demography; D005843:Geography; D009520:New Zealand; D010802:Phylogeny
references.citation: Trends Ecol Evol. 1993 Dec;8(12):429-33
references.pmid: 21236222
references.citation: Proc Biol Sci. 2008 Jul 7;275(1642):1479-90
references.pmid: 18426752
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2004 Aug;13(8):2345-55
references.pmid: 15245406
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2000 Mar;9(3):269-81
references.pmid: 10736025
references.citation: Cladistics. 2007 Aug;23(4):337-361
references.pmid: 34905835
references.citation: Nature. 2003 Sep 11;425(6954):175-8
references.pmid: 12968179
references.citation: Proc Biol Sci. 2006 Jan 7;273(1582):11-7
references.pmid: 16519228
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Dec 19;103(51):19419-23
references.pmid: 17159151
references.citation: Nature. 2001 Feb 8;409(6821):704-7
references.pmid: 11217857
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2000 Dec;17(3):345-59
references.pmid: 11133189
references.citation: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 Oct 27;363(1508):3293-308
references.pmid: 18768382
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2002 Feb;51(1):4-18
references.pmid: 11943089
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2007 Oct;56(5):862-70
references.pmid: 17957581
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 1998 Oct;10(2):237-48
references.pmid: 9878234
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2007 May;16(9):1897-908
references.pmid: 17444900
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2000 Nov;9(11):1815-21
references.pmid: 11091317
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Aug 29;92(18):8254-8
references.pmid: 7667277
references.citation: Nature. 2003 Sep 11;425(6954):172-5
references.pmid: 12968178
references.citation: Evolution. 2001 Jul;55(7):1395-407
references.pmid: 11525463
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2007 Dec;16(23):4999-5016
references.pmid: 17944852
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2005 Feb;54(1):111-26
references.pmid: 15805014
references.citation: Annu Rev Entomol. 2002;47:595-632
references.pmid: 11729086
references.citation: Trends Ecol Evol. 2005 Feb;20(2):68-73
references.pmid: 16701345
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2006 Apr;55(2):351-6
references.pmid: 16611605
references.citation: Science. 2006 Mar 17;311(5767):1575
references.pmid: 16543452
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 1999 Dec;13(3):463-73
references.pmid: 10620404
references.citation: Proc Biol Sci. 2001 May 7;268(1470):939-45
references.pmid: 11370967
references.citation: PLoS Biol. 2005 Jan;3(1):e9
references.pmid: 15660162
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 Sep;48(3):799-808
references.pmid: 18632289
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 Sep;48(3):1054-66
references.pmid: 18590969
references.citation: Am J Bot. 2007 Jun;94(6):1028-40
references.pmid: 21636472
references.citation: Nature. 2005 Apr 21;434(7036):1015-7
references.pmid: 15846345
references.citation: Evolution. 2001 Nov 11;55(11):2170-80
references.pmid: 11794778
references.citation: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1997 Apr 29;352(1352):429-46
references.pmid: 9163823
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2003 Aug;28(2):308-19
references.pmid: 12878467
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2004 Jun;13(6):1507-18
references.pmid: 15140094
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2004 Apr;53(2):216-43
references.pmid: 15205050
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2003 Aug;52(4):460-76
references.pmid: 12857638
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jun 7;102(23):8257-62
references.pmid: 15928096
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2000 Jun;9(6):657-66
references.pmid: 10849282
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2002 Oct;51(5):827-32
references.pmid: 12396595
references.citation: Heredity (Edinb). 2001 Mar;86(Pt 3):303-12
references.pmid: 11488967
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2007 Jun;43(3):1151-66
references.pmid: 17400482
references.citation: Trends Ecol Evol. 2005 Mar;20(3):122-8
references.pmid: 16701355
references.citation: Mol Biol Evol. 2001 Mar;18(3):352-61
references.pmid: 11230536
references.citation: PLoS Biol. 2005 Jan;3(1):e14
references.pmid: 15660155
references.citation: Proc Biol Sci. 1995 Sep 22;261(1362):293-302
references.pmid: 8587872
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2007 Nov;45(2):729-39
references.pmid: 17643320
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2007 May;43(2):480-92
references.pmid: 17369056
references.citation: Am J Bot. 2005 Apr;92(4):667-73
references.pmid: 21652444
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2008 Jul;17(14):3290-305
references.pmid: 18564090
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2006 Mar;38(3):835-42
references.pmid: 16503282
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Apr 11;97(8):4118-23
references.pmid: 10725356
references.citation: Proc Biol Sci. 2002 Feb 7;269(1488):235-41
references.pmid: 11839192
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2003 Sep;28(3):576-87
references.pmid: 12927140
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2007 Aug;56(4):543-63
references.pmid: 17654361
references.citation: Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 Jan;46(1):303-15
references.pmid: 17911035
references.citation: Mol Ecol. 2008 Mar;17(5):1256-76
references.pmid: 18221272
references.citation: Trends Ecol Evol. 1993 Dec;8(12):437-42
references.pmid: 21236224
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jun 11;99(12):8127-32
references.pmid: 12034870
references.citation: Mol Biol Evol. 2006 Jun;23(6):1144-55
references.pmid: 16533822
references.citation: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 Oct 27;363(1508):3427-37
references.pmid: 18782727
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Apr 30;93(9):3898-901
references.pmid: 8632986
references.citation: Syst Biol. 2001 Aug;50(4):602-9
references.pmid: 12116656