Hawaii
By: by Les Beletsky ; illustrated by H. Douglas Prat and Colin Newman ; photographs by H. Douglas Pratt, William Mull and Pete Oboyski and Les Beletsky ; contributors, Paul Banko ... [et al.].
Series: Travellers' wildlife guides
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Animals -- Hawaii.; Natural history -- Hawaii -- Guidebooks.; Ecotourism -- Hawaii.; Hawaii -- Guidebooks.
Genres: Guidebooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ecotourism and Hawaii; title: Why visit Hawaii?; title: Hawaiian tourism and ecotourism; title: Ecotourism and its importance; title: How ecotourism helps; title: Ecotravel ethics; title: Hawaii : natural history, geography, and climate; title: Essentials of Hawaiian natural history (or, what every ecotraveller should know about the place); title: The main Hawaiian islands : geography and features; title: Climate and best time to visit; title: Midway Atoll; title: Habitats and common vegetation / by Sarah Reichard; title: Remoteness; title: Geology; title: Climatic extremes; title: Topography; title: Vegetation types; title: Lava flows : when volcanoes alter the real estate market / by Matti Rossi; title: Parks, preserves, and getting around; title: Getting around in hawaii; title: Descriptions of parks, preserves, and other eco-sites; title: Environmental threats and conservation; title: Environmental threats; title: Background; title: Causes of extinctions; title: Conservation programs; title: Hawaiian eco-history; title: Conservation in practice; title: The future; title: Endemism : political system advocating the end of the world, or something; title: More interesting?; title: How to use this book : ecology and natural history; title: What is natural history?; title: What is ecology and what are ecological interactions?; title: How to use this book; title: Information in the family profiles; title: Information in the color plate sections; title: Amphibians and reptiles; title: Amphibians and reptiles of hawaii; title: Group characteristics; title: Seeing amphibians and reptiles in hawaii; title: Family profiles; title: Hawaii : the snake-less society, and how it got that way; title: Birds; title: Introduction; title: General characteristics and classification of birds; title: Features of hawaiian birds; title: Seeing birds in hawaii; title: Family profiles; title: Seabirds I: albatrosses and other tube-nosed seabirds; title: Seabirds II: pelican allies (boobies, tropicbirds, frigatebird); title: Seabirds iii: gulls and terns; title: Marsh, stream, and water birds; title: Ducks, geese, and a grebe; title: Raptors; title: Chicken-like birds (pheasants, quail, and turkey); title: Shorebirds; title: Pigeons; title: Parrots; title: Crow, thrushes, and elepaio; title: Mocker, mynah, skylark and meadowlark; title: White-eye, bush-warbler, and babblers; title: Cardinals and bulbuls; title: Fringillid finches (house finch, canaries) and house sparrow; title: Hawaiian honeycreepers; title: Estrildid finches : waxbills and mannikins; title: Restoring palila and other Hawaiian forest birds : understanding problems and developing solutions / by Paul Banko; title: Mammals; title: Mammals of Hawaii; title: Characteristics of mammals; title: Seeing mammals in Hawaii; title: Family profiles; title: Spinners in paradise : sleepy dolphins and pesky people / by Bernd Würsig; title: Underwater Hawaii / by Richard Francis; title: Introduction; title: Habitats; title: Invertebrate life; title: Vertebrate life; title: Insects and other arthropods / by Pete Oboyski; title: Origins; title: Biodiversity; title: Adaptation; title: Charismatic microfauna, or, Pretty little bugs and spiders; title: Butterflies; title: Alien insects; title: Conservation; title: References and additional reading; title: Habitat photos; title: Identification plates; title: WCS conservation work in North America; title: WCS membership information.