An edition of Hawaii: the ecotravellers' wildlife guide
(2000)
Hawaii
by Les Beletsky
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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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes indexes.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
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