Biogeography of the tropical Pacific: proceedings of a symposium
by Radovsky, Frank J., Raven, Peter H. & Sohmer, S. H
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- 9780942924084
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A.S.C. / Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1984. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publications no. 72. Hard covers, gilt lettering, no dust jacket. Fine/No Jacket. Fine. Contains papers delivered in 1982. Good review papers on patterns of speciation (by E.A. Kay), phytogeographic comparisons of Polynesia and Micronesia (by F.R. Fosberg), speciation and the founder effect on Hawaii island (by H.L. Carson), Juan Fernandez (Tod Stuessey et al.), New Caledonia (Philippe Morat et al.), and Lepidoptera & the Melanesian arcs (by J.D. Holloway). The book finishes with an account of Landhoppers of the Indo-Pacific region by E.L. Bousfield. The book is dedicated to J.L. Gressitt, the organiser of the conference, who tragically died just a month before it was held.
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- Title
- Biogeography of the tropical Pacific: proceedings of a symposium
- Author
- Radovsky, Frank J., Raven, Peter H. & Sohmer, S. H
- Format/Binding
- Hard covers, gilt lettering, no dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publications no. 72
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0942924088
- ISBN 13
- 9780942924084
- Publisher
- A.S.C. / Bernice P. Bishop Museum
- Date Published
- 1984
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