Wallace's Line

[Jan Henning Steffen]

Dear Jeremy,

Unfortunately I will not be able to join your trip from Bali to Lombok, but
I can recommend at least a few books on the issue, which are locally
available:

Field Guide to the Birds of Java and Bali
by John McKinnon
Published by Gadjah Mada Univ. Press in Yogyakarta
383 pp


Another good field guide on the Indonesian Avifauna has apparently been
published in Great Britain about three or four years ago, but I never
managed to get hold of it.

Two excellent volumes of the "Ecology of Indonesia" series will also be of
particular Interest in this respect:

The Ecology of Java and Bali (Vol.2)
T. Whitten, R.E.Soeriaatmadja, S.F.Afiff
1996
Periplus Editions HK Ltd
970 pp

The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku
K. Monk, Y. de Fretes, Gayatri R. Lilley
1997
Periplus Editions HK Ltd
966 pp


The better book shops in Denpasar should have them in stock,

sampai jumpa (see you soon) in Bali,


Jan


Jan



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> From: Jeremy Woodley <woodley at uwimona.edu.jm>
> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 10:11:23 -0500 (GMT-0500)
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Wallace's Line

> I am sure that many people who are planning to attend the 9th ICRS in Bali
> are aware of the terrestrial biogeographical significance of Bali and
> Lombok. These islands represent the eastern and western extremities of
> shallow platforms, separated by a few miles of deep water, linked
> respectively to Southeast Asia and Australia. The great 19th century
> naturalist, Alfred Wallace, noticed an abrupt change in the bird fauna
> along the islands from Java to Timor, and drew what came to be known as
> "Wallace's Line" between Bali and Lombok.
> 
> Unfortunately, my attendance at the ICRS has been in doubt, or I would
> have tried to organize a brief field trip from the ICRS to explore the
> differences between the two islands' fauna and flora. At this late stage,
> I would ask anyone interested in some informal exploration to contact me
> (directly, of course), particularly if they know of good bird-watching
> localities on the two islands, and a handy field guide to the birds.
> 
> Jeremy Woodley
> 
> PO Box 269, McMaster University,        Tel: (905) 627-0393
> 1280 Main Street West,                  Fax: (905) 627-3966
> Hamilton, ON L8S 1C0,                   woodley at uwimona.edu.jm
> Canada.                                 or chopwood at hwcn.org
> 
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