Amaranthus interruptus R. Br.,' a principally Australian species,
has been recorded on Jarvis Island in the Central Pacific. The plant is supposed
to have been introduced to the island some time between 1924 and 1935. ...
Hobson, Edmund S; Chess, James R(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
Of those zooplankters above reefs on the lagoon shelf at
Enewetak Atoll at some time during the diel cycle, the vast majority of those
larger than about 1.5 mm were there only at night. Many of these larger forms
were ...
Paxton, Hannelore; Bailey-Brock, Julie H(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
A second species of Diopatra Audouin and Milne Edwards from
the Hawaiian Islands is described. Diopatra dexignatha n. sp. differs from D.
leuckarti, the only previously reported species from Hawaii, most notably by ...
Crombie, Ronald I; Steadman, David W(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
Eight species of lizards are reported from the islands of Rarotonga
and Mangaia with comments on their distribution, ecology, reproduction,
and variation. Particular attention is given to systematic problems in the ...
Webster, Grady L(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
In eastern Melanesia (New Hebrides to Fiji and Tonga), Phyllanthus
is represented by eight native species in three subgenera (Isocladus, Anisonema,
and Gomphidium); in addition, there are three introduced weedy species
in ...
Lowry, Porter P II(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
The four genera of Araliaceae native to Hawaii, Cheirodendron,
Munroidendron, Reynoldsia, and Tetraplasandra, comprise 13 species and 2
subspecies, significantly fewer than have been recognized in previous treatments.
Three ...
Steadman, David W(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
Two species of rails, Porzana rua n. sp. and Gallirallus ripleyi n.
sp., are described from bones of late Holocene age found in caves on Mangaia,
southern Cook Islands. Their relatively small pectoral elements show that ...
On the New England Tablelands in Australia between 1950 and
1980 very many eucalypts declined and died. This dieback was strongly correlated
with a change in the pattern of rainfall. Starting from 1945, trees were ...
