Author: J. R. KinghornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
A New Species of Scink from the Solomon Islands
Author: J. R. KinghornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Solomon Islands Ecology, Nature Protection Laws and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Regulations
Author: IBP, IncPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1433074931
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Solomon Islands Ecology & Nature Protection Laws and Regulation Handbook
Proceedings of the Eighth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association
Author: Pacific Science CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1666
Book Description
The Great Basin Naturalist
Author: Proceedings of the ... Pacific Science Congress
Author: New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Author: Naturalized Reptiles and Amphibians of the World
Author: Christopher LeverPublisher:
ISBN: 9780198507710
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This book describes how the various alien reptiles and amphibians now living in the wild throughout the world were first introduced, how they subsequently became naturalized, their present distribution and status in those countries to which they were introduced, and their ecological and socio-economic impact on the native biota and local economies. Many species have had a more or less neutral impact, being neither beneficial nor harmful. However, several have had a positive ecological or socio-economic impact, while some such as the cane toad, have had an extremely destructive effect.The criteria for inclusion of a species are that it should have been imported from its natural range to a new country by human agency--either accidentally or deliberately--and that it should currently be established in the wild in self-maintaining and self-perpetuating populations unsupported by and independent of mankind.
The Solomon Islands and Their Natives
Author: Henry Brougham GuppyPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465574417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Those who have never been tempted “to seek strange truths in undiscovered lands,” will perhaps find it difficult to appreciate the disappointments, inconveniences, and petty difficulties which beset the traveller, however favourably circumstanced he may be. Patience and perseverance enable him finally to disregard these lesser hindrances and to devote his undisturbed attention to the principal objects he has in view: and thus, when writing at some future time the narrative of his experiences, he gives but little prominence to matters which affected very materially at the moment both his personal comfort and his chances of success. Amongst the Solomon Islands the student of nature may be compared to a man who, having found a mine of great wealth, is only allowed to carry away just so much of the precious ore as he can bear about his person. For there can be no region of the world where he experiences more tantalisation. Day after day he skirts the shores of islands of which science has no “ken.” Month after month, he may scan, as I have done, lofty mountain-masses never yet explored, whose peaks rise through the clouds to heights of from 7,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea. He may discern on the mountain-slopes the columns of blue smoke which mark the abodes of men who have never beheld the white man. But he cannot land except accompanied by a strong party; and he has therefore to be content usually with viewing such scenes from the deck of his vessel. Fortunately, however, there are some parts of the Solomon Group where the hostility of the natives has been to a great extent overcome by the influence of the missionaries and of the traders; but the interiors of the larger islands are almost without exception inhabited by fierce and treacherous tribes who forbid all approach.
Oceanography
Author: Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea
Author: J.L. GressitPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986327
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
J. L. Gressitt New Guinea is a fantastic island, unique and fascinating. It is an area of incredible variety of geomorphology, biota, peoples, languages, history, tradi tions and cultures. Diversity is its prime characteristic, whatever the subject of interest. To a biogeographer it is tantalizing, as well as confusing or frustrating when trying to determine the history of its biota. To an ecologist, and to all biologists, it is a happy hunting ground of endless surprises and unanswered questions. To a conservationist it is like a dream come true, a "flash-back" of a few centuries, as well as a challenge for the future. New Guinea is so special that it is hard to compare it with other islands or tropical areas. It is something apart, with its very complicated history (chapters I: 2-4, II: 1-4, III: I, VI: I, 2). It is partly old but to a great extent very young, yet extremely rich and complex. It has biota of different sources - to such a degree that it is still disputed in this volume as to what Realm it belongs to: the Paleotropical or Notogaean (Australian); or what Region: Oriental, "Oceanic," Papuan or Australian. The terms Papuasian, Indo-Australian and Australasian also have been applied to the area.