| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Plate Tectonics -- 3. Hawaiian Archipelago Formation -- 4. Volcanism -- 5. Hawaiian Topography -- 6. Actions of the Ocean -- 7. Climatology -- 8. Freshwater -- 9. Ecological Principles -- 10. Evolutionary Principles -- 11. The Marine Environment -- 12. Marine and Freshwater Fishes -- 13. Dispersal and Establishment -- 14. The Terrestrial Environment -- 15. Flowering Plants -- 16. Terrestrial Arthropods -- 17. Picture-Winged Flies -- 18. Nonmarine Snails -- 19. Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals -- 20. Birds -- 21. Hawaiian Honeycreepers -- 22. Flightless Birds and Fossil Sites -- 23. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- 24. Polynesian Origin and Migration -- 25. Polynesian Ecology -- 26. Historic Ecology -- 27. Natural Resource Protection -- 28. Historic Hawaiian Naturalists -- Glossary of Hawaiian Place Names -- References Cited -- Audiovisual Aids -- Index |
| Summary |
Not since Willam A. Bryan's 1915 landmark compendium, Hawaiian Natural History, has there been a single-volume work that offers such extensive coverage of this complex but fascinating subject. Illustrated with more than two dozen color plates and a hundred photographs and line drawings, Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution updates both the earlier publication and subsequent works by compiling and synthesizing in a uniform and accessible fashion the widely scattered information now available. Readers can trace the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through the book's twenty-eight chapters or focus on specific topics such as island formation by plate tectonics, plant and animal evolution, flightless birds and their fossil sites, Polynesian migrational history and ecology, the effects of humans and exotic animals on the environment, current conservation efforts, and the contributions of the many naturalists who visited the islands over the centuries and the stories behind their discoveries. An extensive annotated bibliography and a list of audio-visual materials will help readers locate additional sources of information |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018) |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Hawaii
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Ecology -- Hawaii
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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Ecology
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Natural history
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Hawaii
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
082484243X |
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9780824842437 |
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