Seabirds of Hawaii : : Natural History and Conservation / / Craig S. Harrison.
Hawaii is known throughout the world for its uniquely hospitable climate and people. Because of its geographical isolation and tropical-subtropical location, it harbors numerous animals that are unknown elsewhere in the United States. Unfortunately, Hawaii is special in another respect: it is the en...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 16 figures, 18 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES AND TABLES
- Preface
- Part I. The Environment and Humans
- 1. The Islands
- 2. The Sea
- 3. The Humans
- Part II. Comparative Biology of Hawaiian Seabirds
- 4. Origin and Adaptations of Hawaiian Seabirds
- 5. Populations
- 6. Breeding Ecology
- 7. Feeding Ecology
- 8. Pelagic Ecology: Life at Sea
- Part III. Hawaiian Seabirds: Family Groups and Species
- 9. Albatrosses: Family Diomedeidae
- 10. Shearwaters and Gadfly Petrels: Family Procellariidae
- 11.Storm-Petrels: Family Oceanitidae
- 12. Frigatebirds: Family Fregatidae
- 13. Boobies: Family Sulidae
- 14. Tropicbirds: Family Phaethontidae
- 15. Terns and Noddies: Family Laridae (Subfamily Sterninae)
- Part IV. Conservation
- 16. Conservation on the Islands
- 17. Conservation at Sea
- 18. Conservation Dilemmas
- APPENDIX: Some Common and Scientific Names
- Selected Bibliography
- Index