A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands : : Selected Readings II / / E. Alison Kay.
This volume brings together recent primary source materials on major themes in Hawaiian natural history: the geological processes that have built the Islands; the physical factors that influence the Island's terrestrial ecosystems; the dynamics of the sea that support coral reefs, fish, and mol...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (536 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Section 1. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THE PACIFIC BASIN: HISTORY AND PROCESS -- Introduction -- Tectonics, Geochronology, and Origin of the Hawaiian-Emperor Volcanic Chain -- Drilling on Midway Atoll, Hawaii -- Geology and Volcanology of the Hawaiian Islands -- The Next Island -- Section 2. THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENT: THE LAND -- Climates of the States: Hawaii -- Soils of Hawaii -- Hawaiian Quaternary Paleoenvironments: A Review of Geological, Pedological, and Botanical Evidence -- Some Aspects of Island Ecosystem Analysis -- Vegetation Zones -- The First Arrivals -- Section 3. THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENT: THE SEA -- Paleoceanography of Coral Reefs in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain -- Long-distance Dispersal by Planktonic Larvae of Shoal-water Benthic Invertebrates among Central Pacific Islands -- Marine Ecosystems in the Hawaiian Islands -- Community Structure, Succession and Development of Coral Reefs in Hawaii -- The Ecology of Conus in Hawaii -- Section 4. EVOLUTION HAWAIIAN STYLE -- Genetical Processes of Evolution on High Oceanic Islands -- Considerations Regarding the Evolution of Hawaiian Animals -- Endemism in the Hawaiian Flora, and a Revision of the Hawaiian Species of Gunnera (Haloragidaceae) -- Beggar's Ticks and Tarweeds: Masters of Adaptive Radiation -- Hybridization and its Taxonomic Implications in the Scaevola gaudichaudiana Complex of the Hawaiian Islands -- Speciation in the Hawaiian Drosophila -- Extinction in Hawaiian Achatinelline Snails -- Evolutionary Ecology and Radiation of Hawaiian Passerine Birds -- Endemism and Evolution in Hawaiian Marine Invertebrates -- Section 5. ECOSYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE SHIFTS -- The Biology of Islands -- Origin of the Hawaiian Insect Fauna -- The Unique Terrestrial Biota of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- Life Crawls Upstream -- Section 6. THE EFFECTS OF HUMANS PAST AND PRESENT -- Hawaiian Natural History: 1778-1900 -- The Impact of the Prehistoric Polynesians on the Hawaiian Ecosystem -- Descriptions of Thirty-two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes -- Descriptions of Thirty-two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes -- Summary of Vegetation Alteration in the Hawaiian Islands -- Hawaii's Native Ecosystems: Importance, Conflicts, and Suggestions for the Future -- Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Coral Reefs -- Patterns of Transoceanic Marine Biological Invasions in the Pacific Ocean -- Bibliographic Data for Articles in This Volume |
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Summary: | This volume brings together recent primary source materials on major themes in Hawaiian natural history: the geological processes that have built the Islands; the physical factors that influence the Island's terrestrial ecosystems; the dynamics of the sea that support coral reefs, fish, and mollusks; the peculiarities of animals and plants that have evolved in the Islands and are found nowhere else; and the human impact on the land, plants, and animals. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780824844264 9783110564150 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780824844264 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | E. Alison Kay. |