Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1987 |
Authors: | F. G. Howarth |
Journal: | Trends in Ecology and EvolutionTrends in Ecology and EvolutionTrends in Ecology and Evolution |
Volume: | 2 |
Pagination: | 220-223 |
Keywords: | AEOLIAN, amphipoda, Aranaea, Carabidae, Carcinophoridae, caves, Chilopoda, Cixiidae, Coleoptera, Collembola, Crustacea, Dermaptera, Diplopoda, ecology, Entomobryiidae, EVOLUTION, Gryllidae, habitat, HAWAII, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Isopoda, LEPIDOPTERA, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Mesoveliidae, Noctuidae, Oonopidae, ORTHOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Pseudoscorpion, Reduviidae, Schrankia, Spiders |
Abstract: | Inhospitable lava flows, high altitude stone deserts and subterranean habitats in the Hawaiian islands are now know to support a considerable variety of endemic arthropod species. Current studies of these organisms are revealing a remarkable range of morphological, behavioral and physiological adaptations to the physically extreme environments they inhabit. |
Short Title: | TREETREE |
Alternate Journal: | TREE |