Of particular note is the endemic type of humid subtropical laurel forest of macaronesian laurisilva, found on several of the Macaronesian islands of the North Atlantic and Macaronesian African mainland enclaves, namely Madeira Islands, the Azores, Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands, a relict of the Pliocene subtropical forests, supporting numerous endemic species.

A remarkable adaptation is the edible asparagus, while in the Macaronesian Islands several species, ( Asparagus umbellatus, Asparagus scoparius, etc.

More than 75 % of the range of the European Green Woodpecker is in Europe, where it is absent from some northern and eastern parts and from Ireland, Greenland and the Macaronesian Islands, but otherwise distributed widely.

The forms breeding in Macaronesia on Madeira, Bugio in the Desertas Islands, and in the Cape Verde archipelago were long considered to be subspecies of the southern hemisphere Soft-plumaged Petrel P. mollis, but differences in size, vocalisations, breeding behaviour and mitochondrial DNA analysis showed that the northern birds are not closely related to P. mollis, and that the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow may be the closest relative of the Macaronesian birds.

The forms breeding in Macaronesia on Madeira, Bugio in the Desertas Islands, and in the Cape Verde archipelago were long considered to be subspecies of the Southern Hemisphere Soft-plumaged Petrel, P. mollis, but mitochondrial DNA analysis, and differences in size, vocalisations, breeding behaviour, showed that the northern birds are not closely related to P. mollis, and that the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow may be the closest relative of the Macaronesian birds.

The Savage Islands ( ; ), is a small uninhabitable Macaronesian archipelago in the North Atlantic, roughly midway between Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Genus Daucus is represented in the Macaronesian Islands by endemic species of wide distribution.

P. hybridum is distributed widely from the Himalayas to Macaronesian Islands.

Of particular note is the endemic type of humid subtropical laurel forest, macaronesian laurisilva, found on several of the Macaronesian islands of the North Atlantic and Macaronesian African mainland enclaves, namely Madeira Islands, the Azores, Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands, a relict of the Pliocene subtropical forests, supporting numerous endemic species.

The location of the Macaronesian Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean moderated these climatic fluctuations, and maintained the relatively humid and mild climate which has allowed these forests to persist to the present day.

The location of the Macaronesian Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean moderated these climatic fluctuations, and maintained the relatively humid and mild climate that has allowed these cloud forests to persist until today.

The species of Persea have a disjunct distribution, with about 70 Neotropic species, ranging from Brazil and Chile in South America to Central America and Mexico, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States ; a single species, P. indica, endemic to the Macaronesian islands, in the North West coast of Africa area, including Madeira and the Canary Islands ; and 80 species inhabiting east and southeast Asia.

The location of the Macaronesian Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean moderated these climatic fluctuations, and maintained the relatively humid and mild climate which has allowed these forests to persist to the present day.

Sangster estimated that the two Macaronesian species they diverged at the end of the Early Pleistocene, 850, 000 years ago, although the methodology used to establish this time scale has subsequently been questioned.

It is very similar in appearance to the slightly larger Fea's Petrel, and separating these two Macaronesian species at sea is very challenging.

Sangster estimated that the two Macaronesian species diverged at the end of the Early Pleistocene, 850, 000 years ago, although the methodology used to establish this time scale has subsequently been questioned.

Although their reproductive isolation has allowed the separate evolutionary development of the two species, genetic evidence shows the three Macaronesian petrels are each other's closest relatives.

The Euphorbia species tabaiba and Euphorbia cactus are marker species defining the concept of the Macaronesian ecotype ..

Many of the species became extinct because they could not cross the Alpine mountains barriers and the Mediterranean, but others found refuge as relict species in coastal enclaves and the Macaronesian archipelagos, where they were sufficiently far from either ice or the drought that caused the Sahara.

At the same time, isolated from the mainland, the tertiary Macaronesian flora evolved independently, which has led to the emergence of many endemic species.

Macaronesian laurel forest comprises about 25 tree species ( 35 including the species surviving in nearby areas of Eurasia ) while in the " laurisilva misionera " there are in total over 100 tree species ; it is likely that the Atlantic laurel rainforest from the Tertiary had roughly this number of species of " laurisilva misionera ".

Most species are usually evergreen, which occur in tropical, subtropical and mild temperate regions and Cloud forest of the northern and southern hemispheres, highlighting the Macaronesian islands, southern Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Tasmania and central Chile, but they are pantropical, and for example in Africa they are having endemic species on countries like Cameroon, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Congo, in lowland forest and Afromontane areas.

Important examples of such forests occur in the Macaronesian islands, southern Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia and central Chile.

The closest relatives of many laurisilvan plants of the Macaronesian laurisilva occur in allopatrically in regions such as South Africa and South America, that are geographically remote from each other as well as from Macaronesia.

Trees of the genera Apollonias ( Lauraceae ), Clethra ( Clethraceae ), Dracaena ( Ruscaceae ), Ocotea ( Lauraceae ), Persea ( Lauraceae ), and Picconia ( Oleaceae ), which are found in the Macaronesian laurel forests, are also known from fossil evidence to have lived around the Mediterranean before the ice ages.

In Spanish, the word " laurisilva " is used for every laurel forest: Laurisilva misionera, laurisilva valdiviana, Macaronesian Laurisilva etc., even in African an Asian countries of Iberian background.

In the Mediterranean there are other areas with species adapted to the same habitat, but without forming a laurel forest, they share some species of the Macaronesian laurilva.

The Ice Age which took place at the end of that period and for much of the Quaternary forced the laurel forests to move to warmer southern regions, where conditions were more conducive to their survival, settling in this way on the northwest coast of Africa and in the Macaronesian archipelagos.

At the same time, isolated from the mainland, the tertiary Macaronesian laurel species evolved independently, which has led endemic species.

The genus includes from one to ten species of evergreen trees and shrubs from laurel forest habitat mainly in Macaronesian islands.

Macaronesian Laurel forest

Wood anatomy of Macaronesian and other Brassicaceae.

The songs of mainland Goldcrests vary only slightly across their range and consist of a single song type, but much more divergence has occurred in the isolated Macaronesian populations.

The song variations have been used to investigate the colonisation pattern of the Macaronesian islands by Goldcrests, and identified a previously unknown subspecies.

The climate of the Macaronesian islands ranges from mediterranean in the Azores and Madeira to arid in Cape Verde.

None of the Macaronesian islands were part of a continent, so the native plants and animals reached the islands via long-distance dispersal.

Macaronesian native flora.

Macaronesian native flora.

The term `` State '' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico ; ;

the term `` United States '' includes the several States and the District of Columbia, and excludes the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii.

The term `` State '' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico ; ;

the term `` United States '' includes the several States and the District of Columbia and excludes the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii.

Callahan went on to make several more surfing projects in the Andamans, including a trip to the Nicobar Islands in 1999.

An unruly youth, Selkirk joined several buccaneering expeditions to the South Seas, including one commanded by William Dampier, which called in for provisions at the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

He does hold metropolitical authority over several extra-provincial Anglican churches, and he serves ex officio as the Bishop of the Falkland Islands.

The peoples of the Solomon Islands saw several figures in the Southern Cross.

After several more years spent in the Mediterranean, in 1891 they went to the Canary Islands, and it was here that Gardner first developed his lifelong interest in weaponry.

* several species of giant tortoise on Seychelles and Mascarene Islands

Captured in 1511, Malacca became the springboard for further eastward penetration ; several years later the first trading posts were established in the Moluccas, or " Spice Islands ," which was the source for some of the world's most hotly demanded spices.

One vessel blogged about stopping there for several days during a trip from Honolulu to the Marshall Islands.

The US government added the archipelago to the U. S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, along with several other island groups in the South Sea.

The Marshall Islands have several AM and FM radio stations.

Thus, in several languages of the Banks Islands, including Mwotlap, the simple m stands for, but an m with a macron ( m ̄) is a labial-velar nasal ; while the simple n stands for the common alveolar nasal, an n with macron ( n ̄) represents the velar nasal ; the vowel ē stands for a ( short ) higher by contrast with plain e ; likewise ō contrasts with plain o.

New Caledonia comprises a main island, Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands.

New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands to the east of the Grande Terre, the ( Isle of Pines ) to the south of the Grande Terre, the Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs further to the west.

There is disagreement as to whether Spaniard Ruy López de Villalobos, who landed in several Caroline Islands, spotted the Palau archipelago in 1543.

During this period, the British made several unsuccessful attempts to affiliate St. Vincent with other Windward Islands in order to govern the region through a unified administration.

The island's as well as the country's highest peak is the volcanic Soufrière at 1234 m. There are several tiny islets offshore of Saint Vincent including Young Island and the Cow And Calves Islands.

Argentina claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938, and challenged British sovereignty in the Islands on several occasions.