Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
A veritable encyclopedia of Hawaiian forest birds, full of useful information about their his-
tory and ecology and efforts to recover extant species.
Quammen, David.
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
A highly readable popular account of the biology of true islands and mainland islands and
the effects of fragmentation on extinction of populations.
Soehren, Rick.
The Birdwatcher's Guide to Hawaii
. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,
1996.
Excellent compact field guide.
Wagner, Warren L., and Vicki A. Funk, eds.
Hawaiian Biogeography: Evolution on a Hot
Spot Archipelago
. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.
Covers the radiations of Hawaii's most interesting groups and is a great source of evolution-
ary insights.
Weiner, Jonathan.
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
. New York: Al-
fred A. Knopf, 1994.
Excellent account of adaptive radiation and speciation among Galápagos finches.
Wilson, Edward O. “The Nature of the Taxon Cycle in the Melanesian Ant Fauna.”
Americ-
an Naturalist
95, no. 882 (1961): 169-93.
The introduction of the concept of the taxon cycle as applied to a wellstudied and wide-
spread group—ants.
Chapter
8
. Ghosts of Indochina
Baltzer, Michael C., Thi Dao Nguyen, and Robert G. Shore.
Towards a Vision for Biod-
iversity Conservation in the Forests of the Lower Mekong Ecoregion Complex
. Hanoi:
WWF-Indochina; Washington, DC: WWF-US; Gland, Switzerland: WWF Internation-
al, 2001.
This seminal work maps the biogeography of the Lower Mekong Dry Forests Ecoregion and
prioritizes landscapes for conservation action. It has been the basis for a range of conserva-
tion programs and regional planning documents.
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
Ecosystem Profile: Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot;
Indochina Region
. Final version. Arlington, VA: Conservation International, Critical
Ecosystem Partnership Fund, May 2007.
http://www.cepf.net/Documents/fi-
