Encyclopedia of Islands

Islands have captured the imagination of scientists and the public for centuries - rare environments, their isolation makes them natural laboratories for ecology and evolution. This book examines many such insular settings - oceanic and continental islands as well as places such as caves, mountaintops, and whale falls at the bottom of the ocean.

• | Author: David Clague, Rosemary Gillespie
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 19, 2009
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780520256491
• | ISBN-10: 0520256492