CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1 ISLAND ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY 5
7. 2 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS 47
8. 3 EARLY HUMAN POPULATIONS ON THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS 59
9. 4 MARINE LIFE 70
10. 5 SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 147
11. 6 THE NORTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS 196
12. 7 THE OUTER SOUTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS: SAN CLEMENTE, SAN NICOLAS, AND SANTA BARBARA 314
13. 8 AÑO NUEVO ISLAND 358
14. 9 THE FARALLON ISLANDS 366
15. 10 THE ISLANDS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY 377
16. EPILOGUE 440
17. Selected References 441
18. Index 453