Oceanic Islands

Author : Tod F. Stuessy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030478711

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Environmental History of Oceanic Islands by Tod F. Stuessy Pdf

The Juan Fernández Archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile at 33° S latitude. Robinson Crusoe Island is 667 km from the continent and approximately four million years old; Alejandro Selkirk Island is an additional 181 km west and only one million years old. The natural impacts of subsidence and erosion have shaped the landscapes of these islands, resulting in progressive changes to their subtropical vegetation. The older island has undergone more substantial changes, due to both natural causes and human impacts. After the discovery of Robinson Crusoe Island in 1574, people began cutting down forests for lumber to construct boats and homes, for firewood, and to make room for pastures. Domesticated plants and animals were introduced, some of which have since become feral or invasive, causing damage to the local vegetation. The wealth of historical records on these activities provides a detailed chronicle of how human beings use their environment for survival in a new ecosystem. This book offers an excellent case study on the impacts that people can have on the resources of an oceanic island.

Author : Tod F. Stuessy,Daniel J. Crawford,Patricio López-Sepúlveda,Eduardo A. Ruiz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107180079

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Plants of Oceanic Islands by Tod F. Stuessy,Daniel J. Crawford,Patricio López-Sepúlveda,Eduardo A. Ruiz Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive view of the origin and evolution of the plants of an entire oceanic archipelago.

Author : Luis M. P. Ceríaco,Ricardo F. de Lima,Martim Melo,Rayna C. Bell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031061530

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Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands by Luis M. P. Ceríaco,Ricardo F. de Lima,Martim Melo,Rayna C. Bell Pdf

This open access book presents a comprehensive synthesis of the biodiversity of the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea, a biodiversity hotspot off the west coast of Central Africa. Written by experts, the book compiles data from a plethora of sources – archives, museums, bibliography, official reports and previously unpublished data – to provide readers with the most updated information about the biological richness of these islands and the conservation issues they face. The Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands (Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón and surrounding islets) present extraordinary levels of endemism across different animal, fungi and plant groups. This very high endemism likely results from the long geological history of the islands and their proximity to the diversity-rich continent. Many researchers, students and conservationists from across the globe are interested in documenting biodiversity on the islands, understanding the evolutionary origins of this diversity, and mitigating the impacts of global change on this unique archipelago. This book aims to be a primer for a broad audience seeking baseline biodiversity information and to serve as a roadmap for future research efforts aiming to fill knowledge gaps in understanding and conserving the unparalleled biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea islands.

Author : Patrick Nunn
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 063118967X

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Oceanic Islands by Patrick Nunn Pdf

In most accounts of geographical phenomena, islands in the middle of the oceans are marginalised and implicitly viewed as of little imortance. This is a convenient rather than a rational view and one which is comprehensively disposed of in this book which examines the great diversity of island environments worldwide and the controls on their development.

Author : Katerina Martina Teaiwa
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253014603

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Consuming Ocean Island by Katerina Martina Teaiwa Pdf

Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans were relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. Katerina Martina Teaiwa tells the story of this human and ecological calamity by weaving together memories, records, and images from displaced islanders, colonial administrators, and employees of the mining company. Her compelling narrative reminds us of what is at stake whenever the interests of industrial agriculture and indigenous minorities come into conflict. The Banaban experience offers insight into the plight of other island peoples facing forced migration as a result of human impact on the environment.

Author : Roger Safford,Adrian Skerrett,Frank Hawkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472924100

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Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands by Roger Safford,Adrian Skerrett,Frank Hawkins Pdf

The Malagasy region contains one of the most extraordinary concentrations of biodiversity in the world. Its recognition as a zoogeographic region in its own right has recently been confirmed and, all taxa combined, the region was found to hold the second most distinct assemblage of vertebrates in the world after the Australian region, despite being the smallest of them all. This new field guide in the Helm Field Guides series covers the whole of the Malagasy region, which comprises the unique island of Madagascar and the various islands and archipelagos of the Indian Ocean including the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). Every resident and migrant species is covered in full detail with a colour distibution map for each species. Vagrants are also treated in detail, but without maps. All species are illustrated on a beautiful series of 124 colour plates, with artwork from John Gale and Brian Small. Conveniently, the plates have been arranged so that all the key species of the various archipelagos are placed together in sections. This is a major work of reference on the birds of the region and will remain the standard text for many years to come.

Author : Christian Bouchard,Shafick Osman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351019972

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Indian Ocean Islands by Christian Bouchard,Shafick Osman Pdf

Islands are intrinsic parts of the Indian Ocean Region’s physical geography and human landscape. Historically, many have played substantial roles in the regional cultural and economic networks, as well as in the regional political developments. Today, at least three issues bring these islands back to the forefront of the regional and global affairs, namely geopolitics and strategic matters, environmental conditions and challenges, as well as ocean affairs. However, there has not been yet a lot of research and publications on this phenomenon of islands’ growing significance in the specific context of the Indian Ocean Region. This book provides a rare attempt to cover various issues related to geopolitics, international relations, history, security, anthropology and ocean/environment of Indian Ocean islands and their societies. More specifically, it provides case studies on Sri Lanka (foreign policy), Cocos and Christmas Islands (geo-strategy), Chagos Archipelago (history), Mauritius (‘Indo-Mauritians’), Mauritius and Seychelles (maritime security), European Union and the Indian Ocean Islands (international relations), and Sundarban islands (environment and society). The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region.

Author : Mark V. Lomolino,Dov F. Sax,James H. Brown
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 2640 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226492362

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Foundations of Biogeography by Mark V. Lomolino,Dov F. Sax,James H. Brown Pdf

Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution. List of Contributors John C. Briggs, James H. Brown, Vicki A. Funk, Paul S. Giller, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Lawrence R. Heaney, Robert Hengeveld, Christopher J. Humphries, Mark V. Lomolino, Alan A. Myers, Brett R. Riddle, Dov F. Sax, Geerat J. Vermeij, Robert J. Whittaker

Author : M. R. Clark,Malcolm R. Clark,Paul Richard Dingwall
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 288032503X

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Conservation of Islands in the Southern Ocean by M. R. Clark,Malcolm R. Clark,Paul Richard Dingwall Pdf

Author : Atholl John Anderson,Geoffrey Clark,Greger Larson,Krish Seetah,Simon Haberle
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889763375

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Early Human Colonization of Remote Indian Ocean Islands and its Ecological Impacts by Atholl John Anderson,Geoffrey Clark,Greger Larson,Krish Seetah,Simon Haberle Pdf

Author : Ernst Mayr
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 067427105X

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Evolution and the Diversity of Life by Ernst Mayr Pdf

The diversity of living forms and the unity of evolutionary processes are the focus of these essays. The collection helps form much of the basis of contempoary undertanding of evolutionary biology.

Author : Arnold Guyot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Geography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097024301

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Physical Geography by Arnold Guyot Pdf

Author : Rui Caldeira,Miguel A. C. Teixeira,Charitha Bandula Pattiaratchi
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889747078

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Island Dynamical Systems: Atmosphere, Ocean and Biogeochemical Processes by Rui Caldeira,Miguel A. C. Teixeira,Charitha Bandula Pattiaratchi Pdf

Author : Martin L. Cody
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520338104

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Plants on Islands by Martin L. Cody Pdf

This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study, Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands. Martin Cody uses his extensive data set to test various aspects of island biogeographic theory. His thoughtful analysis, constrained by taxon and region, elucidates and enhances the understanding of the biogeographic patterns and dynamics. He provides an overview of the basic theory, concepts, and analytical tools of island biogeography. Also discussed are island relaxation to lower equilibrium species numbers post-isolation, plant distributions variously limited by island area, isolation and climatic differences, adaptation to local abiotic and biotic environments within islands, and the evolution of different island phenotypes. The book concludes with a valuable consideration of equilibrium concepts and of the interplay of coexistence and competition. Certain to challenge, Plants on Islands is among the first books to critically analyze the central tenets of the theory of island biogeography.

Author : Ocean Drilling Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Borings
ISBN : OSU:32435050041128

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Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program by Ocean Drilling Program Pdf