Patricia Selkirk, Rod Seppelt, David Selkirk

Subantarctic Macquarie Island

Environment and Biology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating and readable account will appeal to all those interested in the Antarctic region in general.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521076036
• ISBN-10: 052107603X
• Artikelnr.: 24424246

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Discovery and human occupation
3. The island and its setting
4. The island's origin and geology
5. Geomorphology and quaternary history
6. The island's vegetation
7. Lakes
8. The island's birds
9. Mammals - indigenous and introduced
10. Microbiology, parasitology and terrestrial arthropods
11. The nearshore environment
12. Human effects: from mis-management to management strategies
Appendices
References
Index.