TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keast,Allen
AU  - Miller,Scott E.
TI  - The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to Eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes 
SN  - 905103136X
U1  - 578.099 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - SPB Academic Publishing
KW  - Biogeography
KW  - Islands of the Pacific
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Island ecology
N1  - 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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