The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to Eastern Polynesia :  patterns and processes / 
edited by Allen Keast and Scott E. Miller. 
 - vi, 531 pages :  illustrations (some colour), maps ;  31 cm 
<br/><br/> Papers from two symposia held in Honolulu, 1992, under the aegis of the Ecological Society of America and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>905103136X 9789051031362 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biogeography--Islands of the Pacific--Congresses<br/>Evolution (Biology)--Islands of the Pacific--Congresses<br/>Island ecology--Islands of the Pacific--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>578.099