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1	Song of the dodo : island biogeography in an age of extinctions. more books like this by David Quammen add to wishlist Novelist and essayist David Quammen takes on the fascinating topic of islands and the way the process of extinction operates within their limited confines--a process Quammen, armed with a Guggenheim Fellowship, spent eight years exploring in extensive travels around the world. The book was the winner of the 1997 New York Public Library Helen ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £10.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Wolf Island more books like this by Celia Godkin (Illustrator) add to wishlist Based on an actual event, this picture book explains the fragile balance of the ecosystem and what can occur if the cycle of nature is disrupted. It was named one of 1994's best science-trade books for children by the Children's Book Council/National Science Teachers Association. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.79! \| first editions
3	Island Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island more books like this by Virginia Wright-Frierson (Illustrator) add to wishlist An artist and her daughter explore a North Carolina barrier island and tell of all they observe during the course of a September day. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.15! \| signed copies
4	The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake more books like this by William B Cronin add to wishlist Scientists estimate that, until 1900, the water level of the Chesapeake Bay rose at the rate of three feet every thousand years. Alarmingly enough, the bay rose by one foot in the twentieth century alone, and for evidence of this dramatic change one need only observe the effects of rising water on the islands of the Chesapeake Bay, which slowly ... see all copies from £17.57! new only from £17.57!
5	The Nature of Things on Sanibel more books like this by George R Campbell add to wishlist -- Describes the great variety of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, and plant life in and around the island of Sanibel -- Told with affection, humor, and concern for their continued welfare -- Illustrated by Molly Eckler Brown see all copies from £6.16! new only from £31.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Unnatural Landscapes: Tracking Invasive Species more books like this by Ceiridwen Terrill, Gary Paul Nabhan (Foreword by) add to wishlist Louisiana crawfish, cheatgrass, Russian thistle, Hottentot figs, rats, and sweet fennel. These and dozens of other seemingly benign flora and fauna have become some of the worst culprits in the destruction of ecosystems and native wildlife in the American Southwest and Baja California. Although widely publicized threatsasuch as pollution, land ... see all copies from £7.40! new only from £8.14!
7	The biogeography of the island region of western Lake Erie more books like this by Downhower add to wishlist see all copies from £7.34! first editions
8	Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation more books like this by Robert Whittaker add to wishlist Islands, being discrete, internally quantifiable, numerous, and varied entities, provide us with natural laboratories for developing theories and models of how evolution works. Work on evolution on islands has a long-established biogeographical pedigree, stretching back to the work of Darwin and Wallace, and generating ideas, theories, and models ... see all copies from £15.12! new only from £36.13! \| first editions
9	The fragmented forest island biogeography theory and the preservation of biotic diversity more books like this by Harris add to wishlist In this poineering application of island biogeography theory, Harris presents an alternative to current practices of timber harvesting. "Harris pulls together many threads of biological thinking about islands and their effect on plant and animal survival and evolution. He weaves these threads into a model for managing forest lands in a manner that ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.30!
10	Oceanic Islands more books like this by Henry W. Menard add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Island Colonization: The Origin and Development of Island Communities more books like this by Ian Thornton, Tim New (Editor) add to wishlist New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of new biological communities. Studies carried out on islands like this have provided answers to fundamental questions as to what general principles are involved in ... see all copies from £18.56! new only from £18.56!
12	Island Magic more books like this by Rochelle Alers, Shirley Hailstock, Marcia King-Gamble add to wishlist An anthology of four stories from African-American multicultural romantic writers. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Easter Island more books like this by Dr. John Loret (Editor), Dr. John T Tanacredi (Editor) add to wishlist Easter Island, a World Heritage Site is still, after over 50 years since Thor Heyerdahl's work on the island, a fascinating area to explore and learn about a culture that has only remnants remaining, while documenting a marine ecology still mostly unknown. "Easter Island: Scientific Exploration into the World's Environmental Problems in Microcosm" ... see all copies from £46.35! new only from £68.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Krakatau the destruction and reassembly of an island ecosystem more books like this by Thornton add to wishlist In this title, the author tackles the many questions and controversies surrounding the eruption and aftermath of the island of Krakatau on August 27, 1883, when two-thirds of the island disappeared. Nine months after the explosion, a French expedition searching for signs of life discovered a single spider that had crossed the island on a balloon ... see all copies from £9.88! new only from £16.03! \| first editions
15 view cover	Island Life more books like this by Alfred Russell Wallace add to wishlist As the co-formulator with Charles Darwin of the theory of biological evolution via natural selection, naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) argued that plant and animal species develop throughout organic history. Wallace focused special attention on the diversity of tropical life forms and became acutely aware of the adaptive relationship ... see all copies from £10.54! new only from £13.78! \| first editions
16 view cover	Reindeer on South Georgia the ecology of an introduced population more books like this by Leader-Williams add to wishlist The introduction earlier this century of Norwegian reindeer to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia provided scientists with the unusual opportunity of studying the interaction between a large arctic herbivore and a southern ecosystem that had not previously been exposed to grazing by mammals. Originally published in 1988, this book ... see all copies from £25.01! new only from £25.01!
17	Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Small Islands more books like this by W. Beller (Editor), Philippe Hein, Pier Giovanni D'Ayala add to wishlist The "Man and the Biosphere" series provides data on the interaction between man and the environment. The series represents some of the central findings to emerge from the 15-year "Man and the Biosphere" research programme initiated by UNESCO and supported by scientists from over 100 nations. The books in this series all focus on environmental ... see all copies from £7.43! new only from £84.23! \| first editions
18	The Island more books like this by Bill Thomas add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Theory of Island Biogeography more books like this by Robert H. MacArthur, Edward Osborne Wilson add to wishlist Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book the authors developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography. The theory builds on the first principles of population ecology and ... see all copies from £23.83! new only from £33.81!
20 view cover	Island Homes more books like this by Nicola Barber add to wishlist An island is a piece of land that is surrounded by water. This intriguing new book looks at homes on big islands, such as Japan, as well as small islands, such as Cebu in the Philippines. From houses made of concrete and steel to houses built on stilts with thatched roofs, detailed photography shows what these kinds of homes are made from and what ... see all copies from £6.67! new only from £6.67!
21	Tropical Pacific Island Environments more books like this by Christopher S Lobban add to wishlist see all copies from £6.40! new only from £40.82!
22	All about Islands more books like this by Raymond Burns (Illustrator), Wendy Rydell add to wishlist Answers questions about the formation of islands by natural forces and about the development of distinctive plant and animal life on individual islands. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £8.66! \| first editions
23 view cover	Evolution on Islands more books like this by Peter R Grant (Editor) add to wishlist The study of patterns and processes of evolution on islands has played an important role in the development of general theories of how and why evolution occurs. Small, discrete pieces of the environment, islands are frequently isolated from the continental processes of gene flow. They are often inhabited by unique species, like the Komodo dragon, ... see all copies from £37.22! new only from £37.22!
24 view cover	Islands: Living Gems of the Sea more books like this by Randy Frahm add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £21.02! \| first editions
25	Ship in the wilderness : voyages of the MS "Lindblad Explorer" through the last wild places on earth more books like this by Jim Snyder, Keith Shackleton add to wishlist see all copies from £1.25! first editions

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