Humans and their Environments
Life on a small Caribbean island
Lecture 114 Oct 2022
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PDF Files related to this lecture:
Island Invaders Science.pdf
Diamond on Steadman.pdf
Island mammals morphological evolution.pdf
Leigh et al islands.pdf
invasive species on islands.pdf
the island
own climate?
very small island
very few species
rafting
raft at sea
big raft, small spider
rafted spider
even snakes raft
own raft
sea-dispersed
landfall?
dispersed yes, doomed yes
dead
alive, with a chance
happy adult coconut
coconut plantations, rats
sea beans, sea-dispersed
landfall
sea beans
sea-dispersed beach grasses
you dodo
Galapagos tortoise ancestor
Galapagos tortoise