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Title:
THE SONG OF THE DODO
ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF EXTINCTIONS
By:
David Quammen
Format:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0712673334
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9780712673334
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Pub. date:
1 July, 1997
Pages:
704
Description:
In Darwin's time, island biogeography was the science that opened Victorian minds to the wonder of evolution. Today with all the world's wild landscape being chopped into island-like fragments, it's the science of jeopardy and extinction. This book combines science, historical narrative and travel.
Synopsis:
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.
Publication:
UK
Imprint:
Pimlico
Prizes:
Winner of Conservation Book Prize 1996
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