Author: Danske Rennellekspedition, 1951Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands: Vertebrates
Author: Danske Rennellekspedition, 1951Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands
Author: Danske Rennellekspedition, 1951Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands: Invertebrates, pars
Author: Danske Rennellekspedition, 1951Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands
Author: The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands: Invertebrates, pars and addition to vertebrates
Author: Danske Rennellekspedition, 1951Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
Author: Alan C. ZieglerPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824821906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
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.
The Cuckoos
Author: Robert B. PaynePublisher: Bird Families of the World
ISBN: 0198502133
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher Description
Mammals of the South-west Pacific
Author: Tyrone LaveryPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486312640
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Islands are special because they promote unique forms of life, and large proportions of the species they hold are found nowhere else on Earth. The mammals of the South-west Pacific are no exception, with many distributed only across single islands or archipelagos. Mammals of the South-west Pacific details the natural history for more than 180 species of marsupials, bats and rodents from 24 Pacific nations and territories. Species profiles are accompanied by distribution maps, illustrations and photographs – many being the first images ever captured for the species. By combining available knowledge with unpublished data collected over years of field work, Mammals of the South-west Pacific forms a definitive guide to the mammals from this region.
Rails of the World
Author: Sidney Dillon RipleyPublisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9780919880078
Category : Rails (Birds)
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Ecology of Indonesian Papua Part Two
Author: Andrew J. MarshallPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146290680X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
The Ecology of Papua provides a comprehensive review of current scientific knowledge on all aspects of the natural history of western (Indonesian) New Guinea. Designed for students of conservation, environmental workers, and academic researchers, it is a richly detailed text, dense with biogeographical data, historical reference, and fresh insight on this complicated and marvelous region. We hope it will serve to raise awareness of Papua on a global as well as local scale, and to catalyze effective conservation of its most precious natural assets. New Guinea is the largest and highest tropical island, and one of the last great wilderness areas remaining on Earth. Papua, the western half of New Guinea, is noteworthy for its equatorial glaciers, its vast forested floodplains, its imposing central mountain range, its Raja Ampat Archipelago, and its several hundred traditional forest-dwelling societies. One of the wildest places left in the world, Papua possesses extraordinary biological and cultural diversity. Today, Papua’s environment is under threat from growing outside pressures to exploit its expansive forests and to develop large plantations of oil palm and biofuels. It is important that Papua’s leadership balance economic development with good resource management, to ensure the long-term well-being of its culturally diverse populace.