Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution

Name: Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
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ISBN: 9780824821906

ISBN-10: 0824821904

ISBN-13: 9780824821906

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alan C. Ziegler

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Readers can trace the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through the book's 28 chapters or focus on specific topics such as island formation by plate tectonics, plant and animal evolution, flightless birds and their fossil sites.

Book details

List price: $68.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 9/30/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.608
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Plates


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Plate Tectonics


Hawaiian Archipelago Formation


Volcanism


Hawaiian Topography


Actions of the Ocean


Climatology


Freshwater


Ecological Principles


Evolutionary Principles


The Marine Environment


Marine and Freshwater Fishes


Dispersal and Establishment


The Terrestrial Environment


Flowering Plants


Terrestrial Arthropods


Picture-Winged Flies


Nonmarine Snails


Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals


Birds


Hawaiian Honeycreepers


Flightless Birds and Fossil Sites


The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands


Polynesian Origin and Migration


Polynesian Ecology


Historic Ecology


Natural Resource Protection


Historic Hawaiian Naturalists


Glossary of Hawaiian Place Names


References Cited


Audiovisual Aids


Index