Page 3 - Island Ecology
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A. Island Organizations:

1.
Catalina Island Conservancy
2. The Nature Conservancy - Santa Cruz Island
3. Channel Islands National Park
4.
Charles Darwin Research Station: Galapagos Islands
5.
Rabbit Island (Wiki) Research Website

B. Island Biogeography:

  1.
Island Biogeography, Evolution, and Molecular Genetics
  2. Island Biogeography - Wikipedia

C. Homo floresiensis:

  1.
"Hobbit" joins human family tree - BBC - Homo floresiensis
  2. National Geographic News - Hobbit-Like Human Ancestor Found in Asia
  3. Homo floresiensis: The Hobbit - Jim Foley's website: The  Talk.Origins

D. Endemic species of plants and animals:

1.
Endemic species (Wikipedia definition).
2. The Santa Rosa Island spotted skunk (endemic species).
3. Channel Islands Slender Salamander (endemic species).
4. Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) - Giant wildflower of channel islands.

E. Island Gigantism and Island Dwarfism:

   1.
Pygmies and Giants - A Delicate Balance in the Northern Channel Islands
  2. Giant Island Pygmy Mammoths of California Channel Islands.
  3. Sibley Guides - David Allen Sibley - Separation of Island and Western
      
Scrub Jay

F. Adaptive Radiation:

   1.
Adaptive Radiation - Wikipedia - definition.
  2. Adaptive Radiation and Darwin's Finches

G. Ecological Succession on Islands after emergence, volcanic eruption, or
     natural or man-made disaster.

     1.
Island of Madagascar
    2. Galapagos Islands Colonization
    3. Diego Garcia Island
    4. Krakatoa Island after 1883 Eruption - Ecological Homeostasis