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Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
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Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
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by Alan C. Ziegler
Sales Rank : 265776
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Hardcover: 477 pages
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press October 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0824821904
ISBN-13: 978-0824821906
Product Dimensions:
10.3 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Product Description
Not since William 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. Those interested in Hawaiian natural history will find this a thoroughly enjoyable overview and a valuable reference. Instructors and students will benefit from its up-to-date summary and synthesis of the subject.
About The Author
Alan C. Ziegler has lived in Hawai'i for more than three decades, spending the first half of this period as head of Bishop Museum's Vertebrate Zoology Division and the second as an independent zoological consultant. He has taught in the anthropology, general science, and zoology departments of the University of Hawai'i and at community colleges in the state.
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