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Main Title Island biology /
Author Carlquist, Sherwin John,
Publisher Columbia University Press,
Year Published 1974
OCLC Number 00601164
ISBN 0231035624; 9780231035620; 0231083645; 9780231083645
Subjects Island ecology ; Biology ; ¢yer ; Biologi
Additional Subjects Island ecology
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://archive.org/details/islandbiology00carl
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5413331M
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EKCM  QH541.5.I8C37 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 04/29/2013
Collation ix, 660 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Principles of dispersal and evolution -- Long-distance dispersal: evidence and implications -- Adaptive radiation in islands: definitions and comments -- Adaptive radiation: Hawaiian islands -- Adaptive radiation: Canary islands and other Macaronesian islands -- Adaptive radiation: Galápagos, Juan Fernandez, and smaller Pacific islands -- Adaptive radiation: New Caledonia and New Zealand -- Adaptive radiation: the flora of southwestern Australia -- Adaptive radiation: continental islands, fringing archipelagos, continental islandlike areas -- Insular woodiness -- Loss of dispersibility in island plants -- Loss of dispersibility in island animals -- Reproductive biology on islands -- Equatorial biology on islands -- Selected island topics.