Islands as Model Environments

2018-04-03editorialThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology44 citationsbronze

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Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

Abstract

Islands have long been important locales for the study of ecology and evolution. This utility stems from several distinctive characteristics of islands, such as their inherent boundedness, relative...

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