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Description: |
vii, 787 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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General Note: |
Multidisciplinary Symposium on the California Islands held at the Museum on February 27 through March 1, 1978"--Preface. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Topographic evolution of the southern California borderland during late Cenozoic time / J.G. Vedder and D.G. Howell -- Was there a Quaternary land bridge to the northern Channel Islands? / Arne Junger and Donald Lee Johnson -- Invertebrate megafossils of Pleistocene (Sangamon interglacial) age from Isla de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico / David R. Lindberg, Barry Roth, Michael G. Kellogg, and Carl L. Hubbs. Appendix. A new fossil Pocillopora (coral) from Guadalupe Island, Mexico / J. Wyatt Durham -- Early man on Santa Rosa Island / Rainer Berger -- Recent developments in the archaeology of the Channel Islands / Michael A. Glassow -- Episodic vegetation stripping, soil erosion, and landscape modification in prehistoric and recent historic time, San Miguel Island, California / Donald Lee Johnson -- Vegetation of Santa Cruz and Santa Catalina islands / Richard A. Minnich -- Recent geomorphic and vegetal dynamics on Santa Cruz Island, California / Robert W. Brumbaugh -- Effects of grazing on the northern populations of Pinus muricata on Santa Cruz Island, California / Elizabeth Hobbs -- Effects of feral goats on the Santa Catalina Island ecosystem / Bruce E. Coblentz -- Distribution and evolution of endemic plants of the California islands / Ralph Philbrick -- Factors affecting leaf size of chaparral shrubs on the California islands / M.C. Hochberg -- Zonation of coastal plant species and their correlation with salt levels in the soil / Nancy J. Vivrette -- Evidence of hybridization between Rhus integrifolia and R. lentii (Anacardiaceae) on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico / David A. Young -- Distribution of Malacothrix (Asteraceae) on the California islands and the origin of endemic insular species / W.S. Davis -- Eddies of the California current system : physical and ecological characteristics / R.W. Owen -- Overview of the rocky intertidal systems of southern California / Mark M. Littler -- Biogeography of rocky intertidal macroinvertebrates of the southern California islands / Roger R. Seapy and Mark M. Littler -- Biogeography of the California marine algae with emphasis on the southern California islands / Steven N. Murray, Mark M. Littler, and Isabella A. Abbott -- Biogeographic patterns in mussel community distribution from the Southern California Bight / Robert G. Kanter -- Mainland and insular assemblages of benthic decapod crustaceans of southern California / Mary K. Wicksten -- Ecology of southern California island sandy beaches / Dale Straughan and Diane Hadley -- Genetic differentiation of the semi-terrestrial amphipod Orchestia traskiana in an expanded habitat on Santa Cruz Island / Ann L. Busath -- Habitat groups and island-mainland distribution of kelp-bed fishes off Santa Barbara, California / Alfred W. Ebeling, Ralph J. Larson, and William S. Alevizon -- Genetic isolation of Channel Islands fish populations : evidence from two embiotocid species / Lewis Haldorson -- Distribution and abundance of seabirds breeding on the California Channel Islands / George L. Hunt Jr., R.L. Pitman, and H. Lee Jones -- Origin of homosexual pairing of female western gulls on Santa Barbara Island / John C. Wingfield, Audrey Martin, Molly W. Hunt, George L. Hunt Jr., and Donald S. Farner -- Nesting success of western gulls on Bird Rock, Santa Catalina Island, California / Judith L. Hand -- Pinnipeds of the California islands : abundance and distribution / Burney J. Le Boeuf and Michael L. Bonnell -- Land vertebrates on the California Channel Islands : sweepstakes or bridges? / Adrian M. Wenner and Donald L. Johnson -- Biogeography and distribution of three parapatric salamander species in coastal and borderland California / Kay P. Yanev -- Species number, stability, and equilibrium status of reptile faunas on the California islands / Bruce A. Wilcox -- Divergence in the island night lizard Xantusia riversiana (Sauria: Xantusiidae) / R.L. Bezy, G.C. Gorman, G.A. Adest, and Y.J. Kim -- The present status of the garter snake on Santa Catalina Island, California / Timothy W. Brown -- Breeding land birds of the Channel Islands / Jared M. Diamond and H. Lee Jones -- Evolution of land birds on the California islands / Dennis M. Power -- Historical changes in resident populations of California islands raptors / Lloyd F. Kiff -- Breeding biology of the Santa Cruz Island scrub jay / Jonathan L. Atwood -- Analysis of avifaunal and bat remains from midden sites on San Miguel Island / Daniel A. Guthrie -- Archaeological evidence for the recent extinction of three terrestrial mammals on San Miguel Island / Phillip L. Walker -- Evolutionary genetics of California Islands Peromyscus / Ayesha E. Gill -- Populations and status of the island fox / Lyndal Laughrin -- Distribution of bats of the California Channel Islands / Patricia E. Brown. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: California Islands. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, [1980] (OCoLC)646832786 |