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… Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu are deeply eroded volcanic islands in the southern Cook Islands, south Pacific, each surrounded by a rim of elevated Cenozoic reef limestone (makatea). This paper …
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… Agroforestry, the planting and protection of trees and tree like plants as integral components of a … degradation and resultant cultural deterioration. Two islands of Kiribati, Tarawa and Abemama serve as case studies … Physical Description: 30 p. … … Smithsonian Institution … environment - conservation - kiribati … natural resources - …
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… This report includes an introductory section on the geography and vegetation, and a main portion listing the species of vascular plants known to occur, or to have occurred, on … … Smithsonian Institution … biological diversity - society islands … flora - society islands …
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… and 167°45'E, near the center o£ the western (Ralik) chain of the Marshall Islands (Figure 1). Composed of more than 90 islets, largely … about by filling of land on Kwajalein, Roi-Namur, and Meek Islands. Available online Call Number: [EL] Physical …
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… Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are considered to be strong fliers … the Pacific Ocean, many of which are restricted to small islands or small island groups. Available online Call Number: … 8 Pages … … Smithsonian Institution … bats - mariana islands … biological diversity - marshall islands … birds - …
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… Several large regions of the world are plagued by conservation problems shaped around a particular inherent set of geographical, biological and human conditions which have been operational for varying periods of time. Typical of situations facing Latin America are the …
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… The shorefishes of Ouvea, an isolated atoll in the Loyalty Islands group of … Neopomacentrus) is similar to findings for other isolated islands of the Coral Sea. Of the 653 species recorded from …
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… attempts to provide a comprehensive listing and analysis of Kiribati plant names, along with the corresponding Latin, … names. The study focuses on those species found on the 16 islands of the Kiribati group proper (known traditionally as … to include species which might be present on the other islands of Kiribati: Banaba (Ocean Island) to the west and …