Island environments in a changing world:
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| adam_text | Island
Environments
in a Changing
World
LAWRENCE R WALKER
University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
USA
PETER BELLINGHAM
Landcare Research, Lincoln,
New Zealand
CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
Preface page xi
Photo credits xiv
Introduction to island environments and cultures 1
1 1 Stereotypes and realities 1
1 2 Special features of islands 3
121 Isolation 4
122 Finiteness 4
123 Vulnerability 6
124 Evolutionary experiments 7
1 3 Human impacts 8
131 Conservation 10
132 Invasive species and their management 11
133 Restoration 13
1 4 Our island framework 14
1 5 Scope 17
The physical setting 21
2 1 Isolation and finiteness 21
2 2 Geology 21
221 Oceanic islands 22
222 Continental islands and land bridges 28
223 Continental fragments 29
224 Barrier islands 33
225 Anthropogenic islands 33
2 3 Geography 35
231 British Isles 39
232 Iceland 40
vi Contents
233 Canary Islands 41
234 Puerto Rico 43
235 Jamaica 43
236 Hawai i 45
237 Tonga 46
238 New Zealand 46
239 Japan 48
2 4 Climate 50
241 Topography 51
242 Oceanicity 54
243 Precipitation 54
244 Temperature 55
245 Climate measurement and integration 56
2 5 Soils 57
251 Geological substrate 58
252 Topographical influences 60
253 Climatic influences 61
254 Biological influences 61
2 6 Summary 62
Natural disturbances on islands 64
3 1 Disturbance characteristics 64
3 2 Volcanoes 67
321 Characteristics and examples 67
322 Ecological effects and responses 70
3 3 Earthquakes 72
331 Characteristics and examples 72
332 Ecological effects and responses 78
3 4 Erosion 79
341 Characteristics and examples 79
342 Ecological effects and responses 83
3 5 Land building 83
351 Characteristics and examples 83
352 Ecological effects and responses 87
3 6 Tropical cyclones 87
361 Characteristics and examples 87
362 Ecological effects and responses 94
3 7 Floods 96
371 Characteristics and examples 96
372 Ecological effects and responses 101
Contents vii
3 8 Tsunamis v 102
381 Characteristics and examples 102
382 Ecological effects and responses 105
3 9 Droughts 106
391 Characteristics and examples 106
392 Ecological effects and responses 107
3 10 Fires 108
3 10 1 Characteristics and examples 108
3 10 2 Ecological effects and responses 109
3 11 Animal activities 110
3 12 Summary 111
The plants and animals of islands 116
4 1 Introduction 116
4 2 How islands gain their plants and animals 117
421 Dispersal 118
422 Past land connections 125
4 3 Evolution of new species 128
431 Time 128
432 Isolation 129
433 Size and topography 129
434 Biological features 132
4 4 Special features of plant and animal communities 135
441 Species richness 135
442 Diverse but related species 136
443 Unusual life forms and behaviors 140
444 Strong connections between land and sea 143
4 5 Extinction on islands 146
451 Extinction as an evolutionary process 146
452 Modern extinctions 147
4 6 Summary 149
Human dispersal, colonization, and early
environmental impacts 152
5 1 Introduction 152
5 2 Walking to Britain 152
5 3 Japan s first settlers 156
5 4 Settling Puerto Rico and Jamaica 159
5 5 The first Canary Islanders 162
5 6 Early Polynesia - the settlement of Tonga 164
viii Contents
5 7 Reaching the edges of Polynesia - the discovery and
settlement of Hawai i 168
5 8 Settling the largest islands of Polynesia - reaching
Aotearoa (New Zealand) 172
5 9 Colonizing Iceland - the Norse outpost 175
5 10 Summary 179
6 Intensifying human impacts on islands 182
6 1 Introduction 182
6 2 Deforestation of the British Isles and their
conversion to agriculture 183
6 3 Japan: a civilization founded on rice cultivation
and forest management 192
6 4 Canary Islands: from self-sufficiency to trading post
and cash crops 202
6 5 Puerto Rico and Jamaica: conquest, slavery, and crops
for empires 207
6 6 Polynesian islands, European agriculture,
and ecological transformation 213
661 The colonial transformation of New Zealand s
environment 215
662 Hawai i joins the global markets 221
663 Tonga retains local control of land 228
6 7 Iceland finds a path forward after environmental
degradation 229
6 8 Common trends 231
7 Islands in the modern world, 1950-2000 235
7 1 Introduction 235
7 2 State of the environment in 1950 236
7 3 Technology 240
731 Fishing 240
732 Agriculture 242
733 Extractive industries 251
734 Military activities 256
7 4 Population growth 259
741 Urbanization 259
742 Remittance cultures 266
7 5 Wealth and leisure 267
751 Tourism 267
752 Sport hunting 275
Contents ix
7 6 Invasive species 277
761 Dispersal 277
762 Novel biological communities 278
7 7 Responses 279
771 Conservation 279
772 Restoration 283
773 Environmental limits imposed on humans
by island ecosystems 289
7 8 State of the environment in 2000 290
The future of island ecosystems: remoteness lost 293
8 1 Introduction 293
8 2 Population pressure 293
8 3 Climate change 296
831 Temperature 297
832 Sea level and acidity 298
833 Coral reefs 299
834 Forests 300
835 Tourism and the carbon cost of travel 301
8 4 Responses 301
841 Local production and consumption 301
842 Restoration 302
843 Living with invasive species 302
844 Urban futures 303
8 5 Broader implications for the island groups 304
851 Application to other islands 304
852 Practical lessons 305
8 6 Summary 305
Glossary 307
Index 312
The color plates will be found between pages 82 and 83
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