Book ID: CBB000952103

Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues (2008)

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Cheke, A. S. (Author)
Hume, Julian Pender (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: 464 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Charts the ecological changes, especially the many extinctions, since the discovery and colonization of these islands beginning in the 1500s.


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Authors & Contributors
Baker, Douglas C.
Barrow, Mark V., Jr.
Cutcliffe, Stephen H.
Doel, Ronald E.
Holthuis, Lipke B.
Jones, Ryan Tucker
Journals
Environmental History
Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
British Journal for the History of Science
History of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Revue d'Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine
Publishers
Oxford University Press
CSIRO Publishing
I. B. Tauris
Island Press/Shearwater Books
MNHN
Ohio University Press
Concepts
Environmental sciences
Environmental history
Ecology
Extinction (biology)
Environmental degradation
Environmentalism
People
Lamotius, Isaac Johannes
Mahony, Martin
Odum, Howard Thomas
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
17th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
United States
East Africa
Australia
Canada
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