Nature's Wonderlands Episode 1, Hawaii, A New Eden. /

In this first episode, Professor Richard Fortey is on Hawaii to investigate how life colonizes a newly born island. The most remote island group in the world, by some estimates only one new species successfully colonized Hawaii every 35,000 years- yet the Hawaiian Islands teem with a great diversity...

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Other Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd., Infobase,
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2015]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (51 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Series: Nature's wonderlands islands of evolution.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Natural World's Testing Grounds
  • (2:25)
  • New Opportunity for Life
  • (2:09)
  • Coconut Colonization
  • (2:26)
  • Isolation of the Island
  • (2:35)
  • Snagging a Maui Creeper
  • (2:33)
  • Bill Specializations
  • (3:24)
  • Early Bird
  • (3:58)
  • Founder Effect
  • (2:27)
  • Protein-Based Diet
  • (3:06)
  • Relative Giant
  • (3:24)
  • Erupting Volcanic Vent
  • (3:52)
  • Continuing Species Diversification
  • (3:59)
  • Specialized, Soil-Making Tree
  • (1:56)
  • Critically Endangered
  • (4:11)
  • Fragile Eden
  • (2:58)
  • Terrestrial Reptiles
  • (2:56)
  • Endemic Cultures
  • (2:24)
  • Credits: Hawaii, A New Eden: Episode 1-Nature's Wonderlands
  • (0:36)