Galápagos islands 3, 5, 22, 27, 33, 37, 40
anthropogenic losses and threats to ecosystems 295,
299, 300, 305, 314, 318
arrival and change 174, 177–81, 183, 184,
186, 189
biodiversity ‘hotspots’ 47, 50, 64–5, 68
conservation of ecosystems 323, 331, 339, 341
emergent models of evolution 217, 219, 232–3, 240–1,
247, 248
National Park 328
scale and ecological theory 152, 160
speciation and island condition 197, 203–4
threatened evolutionary showcase 328–30
see alsoGalápagos islands finches
Galápagos islands finches (Darwin’s
finches) 68, 160, 179, 203–4, 219–25
emergent models of evolution 217, 240
speciation and island condition 195, 200, 205
Gallicolumba(dove) 312
galliforms 126
Gallirallus(rail) 71, 173, 183
Gallotia(lizard) 68, 71, 181, 198, 199, 327
emergent models of evolution 234, 236, 237
losses and threats to ecosystems 291, 314
Gallotinae 199
Gatun Lake and islands 119, 286
geckos 70, 178–9, 181, 304
genetic clock 198
genetic drift 167–72, 203, 288
emergent models of evolution 209, 218, 230, 246,
247, 248
Genovesa, Isla 205
Geochelone(giant tortoise) 181, 186, 314, 329, 332–3
geoid surface 25
Geospiza(finch) 179, 197, 205, 219, 220, 224
Geospizinae 203–4
Geraniaceae 237
Geranium235, 237
Gesneriaceae 50, 66, 198
Ghyben-Herzberg lens 36
giant tortoises 181, 186, 189, 306, 313, 314, 332–3
gigantism 186, 189–90
gleaning flycatchers 113
glossary 342–50
goats 299, 306, 307, 313, 314, 317
Gomera, La (Canary islands) 21, 29
anthropogenic losses and threats to ecosystems 300,
314
biodiversity ‘hotspots’ 64, 71
conservation of ecosystems 335
emergent models of evolution 231, 232
Garajonay National Park 333
pollination networks 180
speciation and island condition 199
Gondwanaland 17–19, 56
Gonopteryx(butterfly) 234
Gough Island (Tristan da Cunha) 22, 56, 58
grades, progressive 236
grain 267
size 271
Gran Canaria (Canary islands) 28, 41, 43, 232, 300
conservation of ecosystems 326, 333, 335
grasses 131, 133, 134, 135, 141–2
Great Barrier Reef 156
Great Basin (North America) 92, 121, 159, 276
great spotted woodpecker 258
great tit 258
Greater Antilles 176, 214, 234
Greater Sundas 13
Greenovia 66
Grenadines 333, 340
grizzly bears 254
ground squirrel 299
Guadeloupe 22, 169, 215, 217
Guam 303–4, 317–18, 320, 321, 322
Guri, Lake islands (Venezuela) 125
guyots 12, 22–4, 30
gymnosperms 65habitat 115
degradation and loss 302
diversity 88, 89–90, 231
loss 322
-unit model of island biogeography 90
variable 119
see alsohabitat islands
habitat islands 5, 10, 11, 12, 252–3
community assembly and dynamics 122
island theory and conservation 259, 273–4, 280, 282,
283, 285, 286, 287
scale and ecological theory 158
Halcyon cinnamomina(kingfisher) 303–4
half-life (species losses) 271
Halictus(bee) 180
Haplochromis 293
Happy islands (Macaronesia) 60–3
Harpagornis moorei(eagle) 295
Hawaii 3
anthropogenic losses and threats to ecosystems 295,
299, 301, 303, 305, 307–9, 315–21
arrival and change 174, 178, 179, 182, 183, 184
biodiversity ‘hotspots’ 50, 54, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,
72, 74
community assembly and dynamics 126
conservation of ecosystems 331, 337, 339
crickets 176, 225–8
developmental history 29–31
drosophilids 168–9, 225–8390 INDEX