island ecology

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island ecology

Life in the islands

1992
Discusses the various life forms and terrains found in island environments, explaining how fragile island ecology can be damaged by humans.

Island Homes

Homes around the world
2008

The song of the dodo

island biogeography in an age of extinctions
1996

How did life get there?

Illustrated with photos
1973
Explores the factors affecting the dispersal of plants and animals from their original homes to distant places, specifically to islands.

Islands

1986

Surtsey

the newest place on Earth
2012
Describes the formation, naming, and colonization of the twenty-seven-year-old volcanic island Surtsey and how the first animals and plants became established there.

The song of the dodo

island biogeography in an age of extinctions
1997
Noting that island ecosystems have always suffered high rates of extinction and that human activity increasingly carves the landscape into island-like fragments, David Quammen examines the conditions in many island ecosystems around the world.

Island

1997
Journey from tropical paradises to some of nature's bleakest outposts.

Living on islands

2005
Explores some of the ancient island civilizations of the world, the legends and mysteries surrounding them, and why some people choose to live in island societies.

My island and I

the nature of the Caribbean
2002
Alexis and Alfonso explore the beauty of the Caribbean Islands.

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