General Island and Biogeography Resources

Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands - http://ib.berkeley.edu/moorea/

Island Biogeography Bibliography - http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/biogeography.htm

Island Biogeography (and Fragmentation) - http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_spisland.htm

Southwestern Sky Island Ecosystems - http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/r119.htm

The Lost World - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lostworld/resources.html

Tree of Life Web Project - http://tolweb.org/tree/

"A collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.... We envisage the Tree of Life being used by those interested in locating information about a particular group of organisms, by biologists seeking identification keys, figures, phylogenetic trees, and other systematic information for a group of organisms, and by educators teaching about organismal diversity. The ToL project was originally designed for biologists. However, given the response of non-biologists to the project, including middle and high school students, we are encouraging authors to include information of interest to non-biologists."

The Basic Model of Island Biogeography - http://zeus.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/macisaac/55-437/lecture10.htm

The Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography - http://www.abdn.ac.uk/zoohons/lecture4/sld001.htm

The Theory of Island Biogeography - http://zeus.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/macisaac/55-437/lecture9.htm

Island Directory - http://islands.unep.ch/isldir.htm

"Basic environmental and geographic information on the significant islands of the world." Maintained by United Nations Environment Programme.

Aleutians

Volcanoes of Alaska: Aleutian Islands - http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/region.cfm?rnum=1101&regpage=list

This page, from the Global Volcanism Program of the American Museum of Natural History, lists all the active volcanoes of the Aleutian Island archipelago. Similar pages for particular areas are listed below under the area.

Islands of the United States (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/CTT.htm

Check this list for islands of the Aleutian Archipelago. Includes Adak, Agattu, Akun, Akutan, Amchitka, Amlia, Atka, Attu, Chuginadak, Deer, Dolgoi, Great Sitkin, Kagalaska, Kanaga, Kiska, Korovin, Nagai, Popof, Sanak, Sedanka, Seguam, Semisopochnoi, Sutwik, Tanaga, Umnak, Unalaska, Unga, Unimak, and Yunaska Islands.

Crete

Kriti (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/IBQ.htm#525

Natural History Museum of Crete - http://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/

Hispaniola

Hispaniola (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/ISM.htm#596

Eco-Hispaniola - http://marcano.freeservers.com/

In Spanish.

Pre-Columbian Hispaniola: Arawak/Taino Indians - http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/100.html

Biota of Hispaniola - http://collections.carnegiemuseums.org/newsearch.asp

This pilot Web site has links to animals and plants of the island.

Iceland

Iceland: Island of Lava and Ice: Travallo Globetrotters - http://www.iceland.travallo.org/

Volcanoes of Iceland and the Arctic Ocean - http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/region.cfm?rnum=17

Iceland (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/IBS.htm#750

Japan

Volcanoes of Japan, Taiwan, and the Marianas - http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/region.cfm?rnum=08

Japan (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/CGN.htm

Madagascar

Madagascar Biological Inventory Initiative - http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/madagas/

Madagascar (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/CMI.htm

Marianas (North Marianas & Guam)

See under Japan for volcano link

Northern Mariana Islands (Island Directory) - http://www.unep.ch/islands/CLY.htm

Guam (United States) (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/CLI.htm

Mauritius

Mauritius (CIA World Factbook) - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mp.html

Mauritius: A Country Study - http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/mutoc.html

Mauritius: Must See - http://www.mauritius.net/mustsee.html

Mauritius Wildlife Foundation - http://www.maurinet.com/wildlife.html

Mauritius (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/CMK.htm

New Zealand

New Zealand Prehistory and Biogeography - http://pole.botany.uq.edu.au/prehistbio.html

Volcanoes of New Zealand - http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/region.cfm?rnum=0401&regpage=list

New Zealand (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/CJR.htm

Sulawesi

Volcanoes of Sulawesi - http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/region.cfm?rnum=0606&regpage=list

Sulawesi (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/IHB.htm#744

Sumatra

Volcanoes of Sumatra - http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/region.cfm?rnum=0601&regpage=list

Sumatra (Island Directory) - http://islands.unep.ch/IHB.htm#745

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