Hawaiian birds
Audubon Wildlife Report
By: J. Michael Scott and John L. Sincock
Edited by: Roger L. Di Silvestro
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Abstract
Hawaii's 132 islands, reefs, and shoals extend 1,523 miles from the southernmost island of Hawaii to the northernmost islands at Kure Atoll. The northernmost islands, now eroded almost to sea level, are about 27 million years old, whereas the still-forming island of Hawaii is only about 750,000 years old. The Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated in the world and, as such, have developed many species and subspecies of plants and animals found nowhere else. the arrival of few ancestral species and the isolation of the islands, with their varying ages, elevations, climates, and microhabitats, were ideal for creating this great endemic biota through adaptive radiation.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Organization Series |
| Title | Hawaiian birds |
| Series title | Audubon Wildlife Report |
| ISBN | 0930698215 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | National Audubon Society |
| Publisher location | New York, NY |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | xvii, 671 |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Organization Series |
| Larger Work Title | Audubon wildlife report 1985 |
| First page | 549 |
| Last page | 562 |
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