What Formed the Hawaiian Islands

Ecosystem development on islands

Isolated eco-systems are formed from the same genetic components as mainland eco-systems. In this context, (1) the terrestric environment (soil-parent materials and topography), (2) the provincial and provincial climates, (3) the provincial biotas with different access limitations, (4) the environmental role of speci ation, and (...) the overall spatial and temporal dimension.

A number of restrictions that can result in a particular ecological situation are uniquely suited to isolated eco-systems. They do not refer to the first two above-named abiotic compounds, but to the probiotic compounds (3) and (4) and their interactions with place and elapsed between them. The access of endemic and marine life to the biotope of the islands is a major restriction that hinders the establishment of many types of local biotas.

This, in turn, leads to further limitations of biodiversity. The confined area restricts the size of the populace, and the period, together with exclusion, sets boundaries to the development of variety. It gives an example by likening the growing process in the Krakatau Islands to that in Hawaii.

Changing the indigenous Hawaiian vegetation: impacts of man, his activity and introduction. Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1990. Fosberg, F. R.: Derivation of the Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, pp. 107-119. Zimmermann, E. C. (ed.), Hawaiian bugs. Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1948. Dying in Hawaii: Decrease of a once flourishing established kind.

M. Sc. Dissertation, 183 p. Department of Geography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 1987. In the Pacific region, Canopy Dieback and Pacific Ocean eco-system dynamics. pp. Stand-alone ecosystems: Biologic organization in selected Hawaiian communities. Stone, C. P.; Scott, J. M. (ed.): Hawaii's Territorial Ecosystems: Conservation and Mangement. University Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1985.