The Larsemann Hills range is an ice-free oasis on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica, which includes Bharti Island, Fisher Island, McLeod Island, Broknes Peninsula, Stornes Peninsula, and several other islands, promontories, and nunataks. The Larsemann Hills is an ice-free area of approximately 50 km2, located halfway between the Vestfold Hills a...

We demonstrate that a size-dependent mesoscopic mismatch exists in homoepitaxy, which has a strong impact on the morphology of the islands and the substrate. Atomic scale calculations for double layer Cu islands on Cu(111) reveal that mesoscopic strain relaxations in both islands and the substrate strongly influence the shape of islands and can effect the details of atomic motion near the island.

This article is based on a paper prepared for the Extraordinary Meeting of the Faculty of Education of the University of Papua New Guinea on Non-Formal Education, which was held in Goroka in August 1984. Its focus is the countries which belong to the University of the South Pacific region: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Tonga, Tokelau and Western Samoa, and it is hoped...

AIM To examine the differences in life expectancy and mortality between the populations on Croatian islands and the mainland, and among the islands themselves. METHOD Data on population size and mortality collected in Croatia in 2001 were analyzed by life table and standardized mortality rates. RESULTS Life expectancy at birth (95% confidence interval) of the population on Croatian islands ...

Wu, J. and Vankat, J.L., 1991. An area-based model of species richness dynamics of forest islands. Ecol. Modelling, 58: 249-271. Landscape fragmentation results in forest islands surrounded by a matrix of agricultural and urban lands. Species richness of forest islands may be composed of edge species and interior species, at least above the minimum size necessary for the interior species. The s...

Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) were introduced to the Falkland Islands and are detrimental to native passerines. Rat eradication programmes are being used to help protect the avifauna. This study assesses the effectiveness of eradication programmes while using this conservation practice as a natural experiment to explore the ecological resistance, resilience and homeostasis of bird communities...

The new species Tongorchestia borabora sp. nov. is described from Vaitape in Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, Society Islands. This is the first talitrid amphipod reported from Bora Bora and the third species of Tongorchestia from the Western Pacific oceanic islands. Currently Tongorchestia is endemic to oceanic islands in the Western Pacific.

We report on recent advances in the understanding of surface processes occurring during growth and post-growth annealing of strained islands which may find application as self-assembled quantum dots. We investigate the model system SiGe/Si(0 0 1) by a new approach based on ‘‘reading the footprints’’ which islands leave on the substrate during their growth and evolution. Such footprints consist ...