Author: Hugh Edwin StricklandPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Dodo and Its Kindred
Author: StricklandThe Dodo and Its Kindred
Author: Hugh Edwin StricklandDODO AND ITS KINDRED
Author: HUGH EDWIN. STRICKLANDPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033144343
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Languages : en
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The Dodo and Its Kindred; Or, the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon
Author: H E (Hugh Edwin) 1811-185 StricklandPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781297533938
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
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The Dodo and the Solitaire
Author: Jolyon C. ParishPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000998
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds.
The Dodo and Its Kindred, Or, The History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon
Author: Hugh Edwin StricklandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dodo
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The Dodo and Its Kindred, Or, The History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon
Author: Hugh Edwin StricklandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781139924405
Category : Dodo
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-53) became fascinated by the dodo and mankind's influence on its extinction. Seeking to investigate this flightless bird and other extinct species from islands in the Indian Ocean, he invited the comparative anatomist Alexander Gordon Melville (1819-1901) to help him separate myth from reality. Divided into two sections, this 1848 monograph begins with Strickland's evaluation of the evidence, including historical reports as well as paintings and sketches, many of which are reproduced. Melville then analyses the osteology of the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, describing his findings from dissections of the few available specimens and making comparisons with similar species. A seminal work, it correctly concluded that the dodo was more closely related to pigeons than vultures, and the book also inspired others to take up the search for new fossil evidence.
Nature's Ghosts
Author: Mark V. BarrowPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226038157
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
The rapid growth of the American environmental movement in recent decades obscures the fact that long before the first Earth Day and the passage of the Endangered Species Act, naturalists and concerned citizens recognized—and worried about—the problem of human-caused extinction. As Mark V. Barrow reveals in Nature’s Ghosts, the threat of species loss has haunted Americans since the early days of the republic. From Thomas Jefferson’s day—when the fossil remains of such fantastic lost animals as the mastodon and the woolly mammoth were first reconstructed—through the pioneering conservation efforts of early naturalists like John James Audubon and John Muir, Barrow shows how Americans came to understand that it was not only possible for entire species to die out, but that humans themselves could be responsible for their extinction. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement and the preservation of such iconic creatures as the bald eagle, the California condor, and the whooping crane. A sweeping, beautifully illustrated historical narrative that unites the fascinating stories of endangered animals and the dedicated individuals who have studied and struggled to protect them, Nature’s Ghosts offers an unprecedented view of what we’ve lost—and a stark reminder of the hard work of preservation still ahead.
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Author: Richard Owen