Encyclopedia of islands [electronic resource] / edited by Rosemary G. Gillespie, David A. Clague
- 其他作者：
- 其他題名：
- Encyclopedias of the natural world ;
- 出版： Berkeley : University of California Press [2009]
- 叢書名： Encyclopedias of the natural world ;no. 2
- 主題： Islands--Encyclopedias
- ISBN： 9780520943728 (electronic bk) 、 0520943724 (electronic bk)
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電子書
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005215836 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
摘要註
"Islands have captured the imagination of scientists and the public for centuries - unique and rare environments, their isolation makes them natural laboratories for ecology and evolution. This authoritative, alphabetically arranged reference, featuring more than 200 succinct articles by leading scientists from around the world, provides broad coverage of all the island sciences. But what exactly is an island? The volume editors define it here as any discrete habitat isolated from other habitats by inhospitable surroundings. The Encyclopedia of Islands examines many such insular settings - oceanic and continental islands as well as places such as caves, mountaintops, and whale falls at the bottom of the ocean. This essential, one-stop resource, extensively illustrated with color photographs, clear maps, and graphics will introduce island science to a wide audience and spur further research on some of the planet's most fascinating habitats"--Provided by publisher
內容註
Adaptive radiation -- Anagenesis -- Antarctic Islands, biology -- Antarctic Islands, geology -- Antilles, biology -- Antilles, geology -- Ants -- Archaeology -- Arctic Islands, biology -- Arctic Islands, geology -- Arctic Region -- Ascension -- Atlantic Region -- Atolls -- Azores -- Baffin -- Baja California: offshore islands -- Barrier Islands -- Barro Colorado -- Beaches -- Bermuda -- Biological control -- Bird disease -- Bird radiations -- Borneo -- Britain and Ireland -- Canary Islands, biology -- Canary Islands, geology -- Cape Verde Islands -- Caroline Islands -- Caves, as islands -- Channel Islands (British Isles) -- Channel Islands (California), biology -- Channel Islands (California), geology -- Cichlid fish -- Climate change -- Climate on islands -- Cold seeps -- Comoros -- Continental Islands -- Convergence -- Cook Islands -- Coral -- Cozumel -- Crickets -- Cyprus -- Darwin and geologic history -- Deforestation -- Dispersal -- Dodo -- Drosophila -- Dwarfism -- Earthquakes -- Easter Island -- Ecological release -- Endemism -- Ephemeral Islands, biology -- Ephemeral Islands, geology -- Erosion, coastal -- Eruptions: Laki and Tambora -- Ethnobotany -- Exploration and discovery -- Extinction -- Farallon Islands -- Faroe Islands -- Fernando de Noronha -- Fiji, biology -- Fiji, geology Fish stocks/overfishing -- Flightlessness -- Fossil birds -- Founder effects -- Fragmentation -- Fraser Island -- French Polynesia, biology -- French Polynesia, geology -- Freshwater habitats -- Frogs -- Galapagos Finches -- Galapagos Islands, biology -- Galapagos Islands, geology -- Gigantism -- Global warming -- Granitic Islands -- Great Barrier Reef Islands, biology -- Great Barrier Reef Islands, geology -- Greek Islands, biology -- Greek Islands, geology -- Hawaiian Islands, biology Hawaiian Islands, geology -- Honeycreepers, Hawaiian -- Human impacts, Pre-European -- Hurricanes and typhoons -- Hydrology -- Hydrothermal vents -- Iceland -- Inbreeding -- Indian Region -- In