MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01649cam a22003375a 4500
001 2008920613
003 DLC
005 20100504142807.0
008 080109s2008 ctuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008920613
020 $a9780300141863 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQH196.M38$bC44 2008
082 00 $a577.5/209698$222
100 1 $aCheke, A. S.$q(Anthony S.)
245 10 $aLost land of the dodo :$ban ecological history of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues /$cAnthony Cheke and Julian Hume.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2008.
300 $a464 p., [16] p. of col. plates :$bill. (some col.), maps$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [405]-452) and index.
505 0 $aGeography of the Mascarenes -- First contact -- The pristine islands -- Where did the dodo come from? -- Early settlement -- United under France -- A century of sugar -- The limits to growth -- A miraculous survival -- Practical conservation on Mauritius and Rodrigues -- Reflections -- Tailpiece: La Ravine Saint-Gilles : a poem -- Appendices.
650 0 $aBiogeography$zMauritius$xHistory.
650 0 $aIsland ecology$zMauritius$xHistory.
650 0 $aExtinct animals$zMauritius$xHistory.
650 0 $aNatural history$zMauritius.
651 0 $aMauritius$xEnvironmental conditions.
651 0 $aRéunion$xEnvironmental conditions.
651 0 $aRodrigues (Mauritius)$xEnvironmental conditions.
651 0 $aMascarene Islands$xEnvironmental conditions.
650 0 $aBiogeography$zMascarene Islands.
700 1 $aHume, Julian P.$q(Julian Pender)