Tortoise Dodos
Author | : Richard Cary Paull |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Testudinidae |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard Cary Paull |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Testudinidae |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ron Gerlach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2014-11-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780953378791 |
This story for children covers the history of the giant tortoises of the Seychelles islands. Through the eyes of an ancient tortoise it describes their near extinction at the hands of human settlers and the conservation efforts on their behalf.
Author | : Anna TC Feistner |
Publisher | : Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Mouse lemurs |
ISBN | : 0951558196 |
Bitika (which means "tiny" in Malagasy) is a mouse lemur, the earth's smallest primate. This story is about baby Bitika growing up and her first forays into the forest where she encounters other lemurs and a potentially tragic situation. Bitika saves the day and in spite of her small size, feels like a powerful creature of the forest.
Author | : Anthony Cheke |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1408108828 |
The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, RĂ©union and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles. Evolving on these isolated volcanic islands in the absence of mammalian predators or competitors, the land was dominated by giant tortoises, parrots, skinks and geckos, burrowing boas, flightless rails & herons, and of course (in Mauritius) the Dodo. Uninhabited and only discovered in the 1500s, colonisation by European settlers in the 1600s led to dramatic changes in the ecology of the islands; the birds and tortoises were slaughtered indiscriminately while introduced rats, cats, pigs and monkeys destroyed their eggs, the once-extensive forests logged, and invasive introduced plants from all over the tropics devastated the ecosystem. The now-familiar icon of extinction, the Dodo, was gone from Mauritius within 50 years of human settlement, and over the next 150 years many of the Mascarenes' other native vertebrates followed suit. The product of over 30 years research by Anthony Cheke, Lost Land of the Dodo provides a comprehensive yet hugely enjoyable account of the story of the islands' changing ecology, interspersed with human stories, the islands' biogeographical anomalies, and much else. Many French publications, old and new, especially for RĂ©union, are discussed and referenced in English for the first time. The book is richly illustrated with maps and contemporary illustrations of the animals and their environment, many of which have rarely been reprinted before. Illustrated box texts look in detail at each extinct vertebrate species, while Julian Hume's superb colour plates bring many of the extinct birds to life. Lost Land of the Dodo provides the definitive account of this tragic yet remarkable fauna, and is a must-read for anyone interested in islands, their ecology and the history of our relationship with the world around us.
Author | : David Quammen |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2012-03-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1448137403 |
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.
Author | : Richard Cary Paull |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Galapagos tortoise |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States National Museum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1238 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |