The Song Of The Dodo

The Song Of The Dodo
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 706
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ISBN-10 : 9781448137404
ISBN-13 : 1448137403
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Book Synopsis The Song Of The Dodo by : David Quammen

Download or read book The Song Of The Dodo written by David Quammen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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