Author: J. C. F. FryerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Structure and Formation of Aldabra and Neighbouring Islands
Author: J. C. F. FryerTransactions of the Linnean Society of London
Author: Linnean Society of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Routledge International Handbook of Island Studies
Author: Godfrey BaldacchinoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317027248
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
From tourist paradises to immigrant detention camps, from offshore finance centres to strategic military bases, islands offer distinct identities and spaces in an increasingly homogenous and placeless world. The study of islands is important, for its own sake and on its own terms. But so is the notion that the island is a laboratory, a place for developing and testing ideas, and from which lessons can be learned and applied elsewhere. The Routledge International Handbook of Island Studies is a global, research-based and pluri-disciplinary overview of the study of islands. Its chapters deal with the contribution of islands to literature, social science and natural science, as well as other applied areas of inquiry. The collated expertise of interdisciplinary and international scholars offers unique insights: individual chapters dwell on geomorphology, zoology and evolutionary biology; the history, sociology, economics and politics of island communities; tourism, wellbeing and migration; as well as island branding, resilience and ‘commoning’. The text also offers pioneering forays into the study of islands that are cities, along rivers or artificial constructions. This insightful Handbook will appeal to geographers, environmentalists, sociologists, political scientists and, one hopes, some of the 600 million or so people who live on islands or are interested in the rich dynamics of islands and island life.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Author: Marine Biological Association of the United KingdomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII
Author: Roger SaffordPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472982894
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1025
Book Description
Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference. This eighth and final volume covers the Malagasy region which comprises Madagascar and the various islands and archipelagos of the Indian Ocean including the Seychelles, the Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion. Every resident and migrant species is covered in full detail, comparable to other volumes in the series, and with a colour map for each species. Vagrants are treated in less detail. All species are illustrated on a beautiful series of 64 colour plates, with original artwork from John Gale and Brian Small. This is a major work of reference on the birds of the region and will remain the standard text for many years to come.
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Appendix 3, 1890 contains Index to Kew reports, covering 1862-82.
Transactions
Author: Linnean Society of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Author: Conservation of Island Birds
Author: International Council for Bird Preservation. World ConferencePublisher: International
ISBN: 9780946888047
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Author: