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Discusses both the human and the natural history of the islands of California, including all eight Channel Islands, Ano Nuevo, the Farallons, and the islands of San Francisco Bay. This title explores the formation of the islands; discuss the history of human habitation.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
1 ISLAND ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
2 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS
3 EARLY HUMAN POPULATIONS ON THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
4 MARINE LIFE
5 SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
6 THE NORTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS
7 THE OUTER SOUTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS:SAN CLEMENTE, SAN NICOLAS, AND SANTA BARBARA
8 AÑO NUEVO ISLAND
9 THE FARALLON ISLANDS
10 THE ISLANDS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY
EPILOGUE
Selected References
Index

Natural History of the Islands of California

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A Paperback / softback by Allan A. Schoenherr, C. Robert Feldmeth, Michael J. Emerson

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 10/07/2003
    ISBN13: 9780520239180, 978-0520239180
    ISBN10: 0520239180

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Discusses both the human and the natural history of the islands of California, including all eight Channel Islands, Ano Nuevo, the Farallons, and the islands of San Francisco Bay. This title explores the formation of the islands; discuss the history of human habitation.

    Table of Contents
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    INTRODUCTION
    1 ISLAND ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
    2 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS
    3 EARLY HUMAN POPULATIONS ON THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
    4 MARINE LIFE
    5 SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
    6 THE NORTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS
    7 THE OUTER SOUTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS:SAN CLEMENTE, SAN NICOLAS, AND SANTA BARBARA
    8 AÑO NUEVO ISLAND
    9 THE FARALLON ISLANDS
    10 THE ISLANDS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY
    EPILOGUE
    Selected References
    Index

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