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Island Biogeography
Krakatau – before and after 1883 eruption
Aerial photo of Anak Krakatau
and Krakatau
Krakatau today
Central American Coati
Mangrove islands off the Florida coast
Mangrove Island Close-Up
Dan Simberloff on Mandolin
Nick Gotelli on Guitar
Simberloff’s defaunation experiment
on Mangroves
Simberloff’s defaunation
experiment on Mangroves
Bracken Fern
Bracken Fern - Australia
Number of species found on Bracken Fern
Picture Winged Drosophila
Picture Winged Drosophila –
more than 500 species from 1 ancestor
Picture Winged Drosophila –
more than 500 species from 1 ancestor
• http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/research_news/
Cichlid Diversity
African Rift Lakes
Cichlids from Lake Tanganyika
(left) and Lake Malawi (right)
Rift Lake Age, Cichlid Diversity
Lake
Age
# Cichlid Species
Lake Tanganyika
12 Million years old
~250
Lake Malawi
5 Million years old
~700
Lake Victoria
250,000 to 750,000
~700
Back to Fragmentation
Elk Migration – Yellowstone late spring to higher meadows
Pika – victim of climate change?
Edge effects
and island size
Overexploitation
Tokyo Tuna Market
Woolly Mammoth
Giant Elk or Irish Elk
Giant Ground Sloth – 4 m tall
Dire wolf – Canis dirus
Polynesian Migrations
Maori Migration to New Zealand
Upland Moa
Moa Size
Moa Sizes
Nene – Hawaiian flightless goose
Elephant Bird - Madagascar
Carolina
Parakeet
Labrador Duck
Great Auk