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David W. Steadman

Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds

480 pages, 108 halftones, 133 line drawings  8-1/2 x 11  © 2006

Cloth $110.00

ISBN: 9780226771410   Published October 2006

Paper $45.00

ISBN: 9780226771427   Published October 2006

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I
Chapter 1. Geography and Geology
Chapter 2. Terrestrial Flora and Fauna
Chapter 3. Human History
Chapter 4. Birds Living and Dead, on Islands and in Museums
Part II
Chapter 5. Melanesia
Chapter 6. West Polynesia
Chapter 7. East Polynesia
Chapter 8. Micronesia and Remote Central Pacific Islands
Part III
Chapter 9. Megapodes
Chapter 10. Rails
Chapter 11. Pigeons and Doves
Chapter 12. Parrots
Chapter 13. Other Nonpasserine Landbirds
Chapter 14. Passerines
Chapter 15. Seabirds
Part IV
Chapter 16. Extinction
Chapter 17. Dispersal, Colonization, and Faunal Attenuation
Chapter 18. Equilibrium and Turnover
Chapter 19. Species-Area Relationships
Chapter 20. Community Ecology
Chapter 21. Conservation Biology
Chapter 22. Conclusions, and Suggestions for Future Research
Appendix
Literature Cited
Index
Subjects



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