The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to Eastern Polynesia : patterns and processes / edited by Allen Keast and Scott E. Miller.

Papers from two symposia held in Honolulu, 1992, under the aegis of the Ecological Society of America and the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

Modern Pacific biogeography: An introduction -- A tribute to Ernst Mayr: Modern pioneer of Pacific biogeography -- Pacific Basin biotas and evolutionary theory -- Place tectonic development of the western and southwestern Pacific: mesozoic to the present -- The growth and subsidence of the Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain -- Island arcs, and their influence on Indo-Pacific biogeography -- The origins and development of island biotas as illustrated by Krakatau -- Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -- The Lepidoptera of Norfolk Island, actual and potential, their origins and dynamics -- Plant dispersal and the origin of Pacific island floras -- Quaternary change and the historical biogeography of Pacific islands -- Phytogeography of the Pacific - floristic and historical distribution patterns in plants -- Trans-Pacific biogeographic patterns in the Proteaceae -- Myrtaceae in the Pacific, with special reference to Metrosideros -- The riddle of unique Southern Hemisphere Nothofagus on southwest Pacific islands: its challenge to biogeographers -- Gondwanan conifers on the Pacific Rim -- Cycads in the Pacific -- Distributional patterns of Lepidoptera in the Pacific islands -- Biogeography of Indo-Pacific cicadas east of Wallace's Line -- Restricted and widespread taxa in the Pacific: Biogeographic processes in the fly family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) -- Pacific island land snails: Relationships, origins and determinants of diversity -- Avian geography: New Guinea to the eastern Pacific -- Mammalian zoogeography of New Guinea and the southwestern Pacific -- Zoogeography of amphibians and reptiles of New Guinea and the Pacific region -- Mankind and Pacific biogeography -- Biodiversity conservation in the island Pacific -- Biogeography of Pacific insects and other terrestrial invertebrates: A status report -- Pacific biogeography: Patterns and processes -- Colour Plates -- Index.

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