The Song Of The Dodo

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The Song Of The Dodo
The Song Of The Dodo
Author : David Quammen
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Publisher : Random House
Language : English
Release Date : 31 March 2012
ISBN : 9781448137404
Pages : 706 pages
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The Song Of The Dodo by David Quammen Book PDF 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.

The Song Of The Dodo

The Song Of The Dodo by David Quammen

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,

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