BACKGROUND We examined species composition of forest and bird communities in relation to environmental and human disturbance gradients on Lakeba (55.9 km²), Nayau (18.4 km²), and Aiwa Levu (1.2 km²), islands in the Lau Group of Fiji, West Polynesia. The unique avifauna of West Polynesia (Fiji, Tonga, Samoa) has been subjected to prehistoric human-caused extinctions but little was previously kno...

The typification of five names in tribe Antirrhineae (Plantaginaceae): Antirrhinum crassifolium (≡ Chaenorhinum crassifolium), var. parviflorum, C. flexuosum hispanicum subsp. cadevallii), formenterae, and Linaria serpyllifolia serpyllifolium) is discussed. are lectotypified using specimens from MA, LAU, COI, LY, C, respectively.