Review of The Island Waterfowl by Milton W. Weller, and The Hawaiian Goose: An Experiment in Conservation by Janet Kear and A. J. Berger

Authors

Paul A. Johnsgard, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

3-1981

Comments

Published in Quarterly Review of Biology 56 (March 1981), pp. 84-85. Copyright 1981 University of Chicago Press. Used by permission.

Abstract

Both of these books deal with insular species of waterfowl. The volume by Weller concentrates on the ecological forces that have shaped the compar- ative ecologies and morphologies of some 30 forms of Anatidae that are confined to the islands of the world; the Kear and Berger book deals with the interesting history of the ill-fated Hawaiian goose, or nene, which has at least temporarily been saved from extinction by heroic conservation measures of the Wildfowl Trust and Hawaiian wildlife personnel.