Bibliograph

Hawaii, by Les Beletsky ; illustrated by H. Douglas Prat and Colin Newman ; photographs by H. Douglas Pratt, William Mull and Pete Oboyski and Les Beletsky ; contributors, Paul Banko ... [et al.]

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Hawaii, by Les Beletsky ; illustrated by H. Douglas Prat and Colin Newman ; photographs by H. Douglas Pratt, William Mull and Pete Oboyski and Les Beletsky ; contributors, Paul Banko ... [et al.]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hawaii

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Les Beletsky ; illustrated by H. Douglas Prat and Colin Newman ; photographs by H. Douglas Pratt, William Mull and Pete Oboyski and Les Beletsky ; contributors, Paul Banko ... [et al.]

Series statement

Travellers' wildlife guides

Table Of Contents

Ecotourism and Hawaii -- Why visit Hawaii? -- Hawaiian tourism and ecotourism -- Ecotourism and its importance -- How ecotourism helps -- Ecotravel ethics -- Hawaii : natural history, geography, and climate -- Essentials of Hawaiian natural history (or, what every ecotraveller should know about the place) -- The main Hawaiian islands : geography and features -- Climate and best time to visit -- Midway Atoll -- Habitats and common vegetation / by Sarah Reichard -- Remoteness -- Geology -- Climatic extremes -- Topography -- Vegetation types -- Lava flows : when volcanoes alter the real estate market / by Matti Rossi -- Parks, preserves, and getting around -- Getting around in hawaii -- Descriptions of parks, preserves, and other eco-sites -- Environmental threats and conservation -- Environmental threats -- Background -- Causes of extinctions -- Conservation programs -- Hawaiian eco-history -- Conservation in practice -- The future -- Endemism : political system advocating the end of the world, or something -- More interesting? -- How to use this book : ecology and natural history -- What is natural history? -- What is ecology and what are ecological interactions? -- How to use this book -- Information in the family profiles -- Information in the color plate sections -- Amphibians and reptiles -- Amphibians and reptiles of hawaii -- Group characteristics -- Seeing amphibians and reptiles in hawaii -- Family profiles -- Hawaii : the snake-less society, and how it got that way -- Birds -- Introduction -- General characteristics and classification of birds -- Features of hawaiian birds -- Seeing birds in hawaii -- Family profiles -- Seabirds I: albatrosses and other tube-nosed seabirds -- Seabirds II: pelican allies (boobies, tropicbirds, frigatebird) -- Seabirds iii: gulls and terns -- Marsh, stream, and water birds -- Ducks, geese, and a grebe -- Raptors -- Chicken-like birds (pheasants, quail, and turkey) -- Shorebirds -- Pigeons -- Parrots -- Crow, thrushes, and elepaio -- Mocker, mynah, skylark and meadowlark -- White-eye, bush-warbler, and babblers -- Cardinals and bulbuls -- Fringillid finches (house finch, canaries) and house sparrow -- Hawaiian honeycreepers -- Estrildid finches : waxbills and mannikins -- Restoring palila and other Hawaiian forest birds : understanding problems and developing solutions / by Paul Banko -- Mammals -- Mammals of Hawaii -- Characteristics of mammals -- Seeing mammals in Hawaii -- Family profiles -- Spinners in paradise : sleepy dolphins and pesky people / by Bernd Würsig -- Underwater Hawaii / by Richard Francis -- Introduction -- Habitats -- Invertebrate life -- Vertebrate life -- Insects and other arthropods / by Pete Oboyski -- Origins -- Biodiversity -- Adaptation -- Charismatic microfauna, or, Pretty little bugs and spiders -- Butterflies -- Alien insects -- Conservation -- References and additional reading -- Habitat photos -- Identification plates -- WCS conservation work in North America -- WCS membership information

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