The assembly stages characteristic of the Hawaiian communities have no principal
differences from those observed in a typical primary succession. Colonisation starts with …

The intent of this series is to publish innovative studies in the field of comparative
evolutionary biology, especially by authors willing to introduce new ideas or to challenge or …

Chris Simon the world, lying 4000 km from the nearest major land mass and 1600 km from
the nearest island groups. Individual islands possess habitats ranging from below sea level …

In natural history, as in history, there is a tension between the generalization and the
individual event. In this book, an example of the general is the equilibrium theory of island …

Inhospitable lava flows, high altitude stone deserts and subterranean habitats in the
Hawaiian islands ure now known to support a considerable variety of endemic arthropod …

The biology of the Hawaiian Islands consists of organisms evolving and interacting in an
archipelago characterized by extreme isolation, a distinctive geologic history, and a diverse …

Oceanic islands are considered living laboratories for studying evolution because their
populations are spatially and temporally confined. There are two completely different types …

This study quantifies long–term landscape changes in the Hawaiian archipelago relating to
dispersal, speciation and extinction. Accounting for volcano growth, subsidence and …

Vegetation ecology is usually divided into two broad research areas, floristic/environmental
gradient analysis and studies of vegetation dynamics. The early influential American …

Island integration is proposed as a possible mechanism in the formation of endemic biotas.
Reconstructions of the Hawaiian-Emperor chain for–20,–40,–60 and–70 my are used to …