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The song of the dodo : island biogeography in an age of extinctions / David Quammen ; maps by Kris Ellingsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pimlico, 1997Copyright date: ©1996Description: 702 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0712673334
  • 9780712673334
Other title:
  • Island biogeography in an age of extinctions
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.52 23
LOC classification:
  • QH541.5.I8 Q35 1997
Contents:
Thirty-six Persian throw rugs -- The man who knew islands -- So huge a bignes -- Rarity unto death -- Preston's bell -- The coming thing -- The hedgehog of the Amazon -- The song of the Indri -- World in pieces -- Message from Aru.
Awards:
  • BP Natural World Book Award, 1996
Summary: "Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this question are more urgent than ever. Over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed the threads of island biogeography on a globe-encircling journey of discovery."--Publisher's website.
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Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 577.52 QUA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A275240B

First published in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-671) and index.

Thirty-six Persian throw rugs -- The man who knew islands -- So huge a bignes -- Rarity unto death -- Preston's bell -- The coming thing -- The hedgehog of the Amazon -- The song of the Indri -- World in pieces -- Message from Aru.

"Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this question are more urgent than ever. Over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed the threads of island biogeography on a globe-encircling journey of discovery."--Publisher's website.

BP Natural World Book Award, 1996

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