000309420 000__ 01937cam\a22003134a\4500 000309420 001__ 309420 000309420 005__ 20210513113316.0 000309420 008__ 050606r20062004enkab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000309420 010__ $$a 2005050859 000309420 020__ $$a0195223969 (alk. paper) 000309420 020__ $$a9780195223965 (alk. paper) 000309420 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm60671920 000309420 035__ $$a309420 000309420 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dYBM$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP 000309420 042__ $$apcc 000309420 049__ $$aISEA 000309420 05000 $$aQL666.C584$$bC46 2006 000309420 08200 $$a597.92/46$$222 000309420 1001_ $$aChambers, Paul,$$d1968- 000309420 24512 $$aA sheltered life :$$bthe unexpected history of the giant tortoise /$$cPaul Chambers. 000309420 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2006. 000309420 300__ $$axiv, 306 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c23 cm. 000309420 500__ $$aOriginally published: London : John Murray, c2004. 000309420 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-300) and index. 000309420 5050_ $$aI: Discovery -- A sheltered life -- The worthless islands -- Here be giants -- II: Inspiration -- Just one species? -- A tortoise for each island -- Revelation -- Ironies -- III: Decimation -- The Indian Ocean tortoises -- The safe haven -- The arrival of the whaling fleet -- Settlers -- IV: Obsession -- La Mare aux songes -- A champion for the tortoises -- Understanding the tortoises -- Save the tortoises! -- The final showdown -- Galápagos or bust -- The errant playboy -- V: Pets -- The well-travelled tortoises -- Darwin's missing tortoise -- Digging into Harriet's past -- The fate of the Beagle tortoises -- Marion's tortoise -- VI: Recovery -- In the name of science -- Aldabra's legacy -- The Charles Darwin foundation -- VII: In the blood -- Lumpers and splitters -- The tortoises' origins. 000309420 650_0 $$aTestudinidae. 000309420 85200 $$bgen$$hQL666.C584$$iC46$$i2006 000309420 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0604/2005050859.html 000309420 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2005050859-d.html 000309420 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:309420$$pGLOBAL_SET 000309420 980__ $$aBIB 000309420 980__ $$aBOOK 000309420 994__ $$aC0$$bISE