Book ID: 57463
Kay, E. Alison (ed.)
A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands. Selected Readings 2. 1994. illustr. maps. 520 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
This volume brings together recent primary source materials onmajor themes in Hawaiian natural history: the geological processes thathave built the Islands; the physical factors that influence the Islands'terrestrial ecosystems; the dunamics of the sea that support coral reefs, fish, and mollusks; the peculiarities of animals and plants that haveevolved in the Islands and are found nowhere else; and the human impacton the land, plants, and animals.