Encyclopedia of Islands (eBook)

Rosemary Gillespie, David Clague (Herausgeber)

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2009
1111 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94372-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.8.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Encyclopedias of the Natural World
• Reihe/Serie: Encyclopedias of the Natural World
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Schlagworte: antarctic islands • arctic islands • asian islands • biodiversity • Biology • Caribbean Islands • caves • color photographs • continental islands • discrete habitat • Easter Island • Ecology • encyclopedia of the natural world • engaging • Evolution • flora and fauna • Geography • Geology • graphics • Illustrated • inhospitable surroundings • insular settings • Island Biology • island encyclopedia • Island fauna • island flora • island formation • island geography • island issues • island nature • island reference guide • Islands • island science • Isolation • lively • Marine Biology • mountaintops • natural habitats • Natural science • Natural Sciences • Nature • ocean • ocean floor • oceanic islands • Pacific Islands • Page Turner • Polynesia • rare environments • Reference book • Science • study of islands • volcanic islands • whale falls • world island
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94372-4 / 0520943724
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94372-8 / 9780520943728