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OverviewNot 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan C. ZieglerPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 18.30cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 26.20cm Weight: 1.112kg ISBN: 9780824821906ISBN 10: 0824821904 Pages: 608 Publication Date: 30 September 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA good overall, integrative, and up-to-date overview of the natural world of the Hawaiian islands.... Oh, how I wish I had had this book when I first set foot in Hawaii!-- <i>Plant Systematics and Evolution</i> 250 (2005) A valuable reference work on any library shelf, and for lay persons as well as specialists. . . . The most encyclopedic, authoritative account of Hawaiian natural history published to date. The most encyclopedic, authoritative account of Hawaiian natural history to date-- Environment Hawaii, February 2003 Indispensable-- Maui News, 16 February 2003 A good overall, integrative, and up-to-date overview of the natural world of the Hawaiian islands.... Oh, how I wish I had had this book when I first set foot in Hawaii!-- Plant Systematics and Evolution 250 (2005) A good overall, integrative, and up-to-date overview of the natural world of the Hawaiian islands.... Oh, how I wish I had had this book when I first set foot in Hawaii!-- Plant Systematics and Evolution 250 (2005) Indispensable-- Maui News, 16 February 2003 The most encyclopedic, authoritative account of Hawaiian natural history to date-- Environment Hawaii, February 2003 A valuable reference work on any library shelf, and for lay persons as well as specialists. . . . The most encyclopedic, authoritative account of Hawaiian natural history published to date. A good overall, integrative, and up-to-date overview of the natural world of the Hawaiian islands.... Oh, how I wish I had had this book when I first set foot in Hawaii!-- Plant Systematics and Evolution 250 (2005) Indispensable-- Maui News, 16 February 2003 The most encyclopedic, authoritative account of Hawaiian natural history to date-- Environment Hawaii, February 2003 Author InformationAlan C. Ziegler lived in Hawaii 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 taught in the anthropology, general science, and zoology departments of the University of Hawaii and at community colleges in the state. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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