Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution

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University of Hawaii Press, Sep 30, 2002 - History - 512 pages

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.

 

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Contents

V
3
VII
7
IX
19
XI
34
XII
45
XIV
61
XVI
87
XVIII
100
XXXIII
221
XXXV
235
XXXVII
250
XXXVIII
266
XXXIX
275
XL
287
XLII
305
XLIII
319

XX
111
XXII
127
XXIV
144
XXV
157
XXVII
169
XXIX
184
XXX
202
XXXI
213
XLIV
337
XLVI
356
XLVIII
372
XLIX
389
L
397
LI
427
LII
435
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Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
Alan C. Ziegler
Limited preview - 2002
Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
Alan C. Ziegler
No preview available - 2002

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2002)

Alan C. Ziegler lived in Hawaii for more than three decades, spending the first half of this period as head of Bishop Museum's Vertebrate Zoology Division and the second as an independent zoological consultant. He taught in the anthropology, general science, and zoology departments of the University of Hawaii and at community colleges in the state.

Bibliographic information

TitleHawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
AuthorAlan C. Ziegler
Editionillustrated, annotated
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press, 2002
ISBN0824821904, 9780824821906
Length512 pages
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