Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Photo credits
- 1 Introduction to island environments and cultures
- 2 The physical setting
- 3 Natural disturbances on islands
- 4 The plants and animals of islands
- 5 Human dispersal, colonization, and early environmental impacts
- 6 Intensifying human impacts on islands
- 7 Islands in the modern world, 1950–2000
- 8 The future of island ecosystems: remoteness lost
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate section
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Photo credits
- 1 Introduction to island environments and cultures
- 2 The physical setting
- 3 Natural disturbances on islands
- 4 The plants and animals of islands
- 5 Human dispersal, colonization, and early environmental impacts
- 6 Intensifying human impacts on islands
- 7 Islands in the modern world, 1950–2000
- 8 The future of island ecosystems: remoteness lost
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Island Environments in a Changing World , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011