Comparative Conservation Biology of Oceanic Archipelagoes: Hawaii and the Galápagos
Loope LL, Hamann O, Stone CP. 1988. Comparative Conservation Biology of Oceanic Archipelagoes: Hawaii and the Galápagos. BioScience. 38(4):272-282
Oceanic islands have had an important role in the history of evolutionary biology and are continuing to serve as crucial sites for evolutionary studies. The Hawaiian Islands and the Galapagos Islands are two archipelagoes where much biological investigation has been, and continues to be, performed. Both areas have also received attention because of the vulnerability of their endemic animals and plants to damage by humans and organisms introduced by humans. The Hawaiian biota has, in general, undergone much more destruction than that of the Galapagos. For example, whereas the Hawaiian archipelago has lost over 75% of its original endemic land bird fauna through prehistoric and historic extinctions, the Galapagos archipelago as a whole is not known to have lost a single land bird species.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Loope, Lloyd; Hamann, Ole; Stone, Charles
- Units
- HALE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex humilis), Black rats (Rattus rattus), Dog (Canis familiaris), Environmental Impact, Exotic Species, Feral Animals, Galapagos Archipelago, Hawai`i, house mouse (Mus musculus), Islands, mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus), Pigs (Sus scrofa), Plant Studies, Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans), yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)