Island Biogeography: as Illustrated by Birds in the Australasian Region

Title
Island Biogeography: as Illustrated by Birds in the Australasian Region
Publication Date
2006
Author(s)
Ford, Hugh Alastair
Editor
Editor(s): J. R. Merrick, M. Archer, G. M. Hickey and M. S. Y. Lee
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Auscipub Pty Ltd
Place of publication
Oatlands, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:2772
Abstract
Island biogeography deals with the distribution of animals and plants on islands. It is concerned with the origin of organisms on the islands, the numbers of species present as well as their evolution and ecology. Islands have fascinated biologists for at least 200 years, not only because they are remote and the animals and plants on them are often strange, but also because they represent simple ecosystems in which ecological and evolutionary problems can be tackled without the overwhelming complexity of continental ecosystems. Alfred Russell Wallace's extensive travels and writings on the Malay Archipelago provided an early comprehensive study of island fauna and flora (Wallace, 1869). The massive archipelago between South-east Asia and New Guinea now bears the name of Wallacea. Good accounts of island biogeography are given in MacArthur (1972), Gorman (1979) and Spellerberg et al. (1999).
Link
Citation
Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates, p. 459-476
ISBN
097577901X
0975779001
Start page
459
End page
476

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