Its also a book full of entertainment and wonders. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions David Quammen Simon and Schuster, Nature - 702 pages 12 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks. OL2699046W Page_number_confidence 96.08 Pages 710 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0712673334 David Quammens book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message - a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place in that world.

Urn:lcp:songofdodoisland00quam:epub:c866069f-f582-42c0-8f0f-deecf2c2d25e Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier songofdodoisland00quam Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t88g9sg0h Isbn 9780684827124Ġ684827123 Lccn 95044972 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary OL20901873M Openlibrary_edition By the book's end we are wiser, and more deeply concerned, but Quammen leaves us with a message of excitement and hope.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:48:15 Asin 0684827123 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA179201 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st Touchstone ed. We also meet some fascinating human characters. Through his eyes, we glimpse the nature of evolution and extinction, and in so doing come to understand the monumental diversity of our planet, and the importance of preserving its wild landscapes, animals, and plants. Why is this island idea so important? Because islands are where species most commonly go extinct - and because, as Quammen points out, we live in an age when all of Earth's landscapes are being chopped into island-like fragments by human activity. We trail after him as he travels the world, tracking the subject of island biogeography, which encompasses nothing less than the study of the origin and extinction of all species. Its also a book full of entertainment and wonders.

In The Song of the Dodo, we follow Quammen's keen intellect through the ideas, theories, and experiments of prominent naturalists of the last two centuries. David Quammens book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message - a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place in that world. It's also a book full of entertainment and wonders. David Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message - a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place in that world.

The song of the dodo by david quammen