Belonging on an island : birds, extinction, and evolution in Hawaiʻi /

"This natural history takes readers on a thousand-year journey as it explores the Hawaiian Islands' beautiful birds and a variety of topics including extinction, survival, conservationists and their work, and, most significantly, the concept of belonging. Author Daniel Lewis, an award-winn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Daniel, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Birds > Hawaii.
Birds > Extinction > Hawaii.
Birds > Evolution > Hawaii.
Island ecology.
Introduced organisms.
Oiseaux > Hawaii.
Oiseaux > Extinction > Hawaii.
Oiseaux > Évolution > Hawaii.
Écologie des îles.
Espèces introduites.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Birds.
Birds > Evolution.
Birds > Extinction.
Hawaii.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sitting ducks : extinction, humans, and birds in the pre-European contact era
  • Counting extinction : observing and surveying the Kauaʻi ʻŌʻō and Hawaiian forest bird habitat
  • Overcoming extinction : collectors, stewardship, and the Palila
  • Becoming endemic : the White-eye, the territorial government, the Hui Manu, and introduced species
  • Epilogue.

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