The Galápagos : exploring Darwin's tapestry / John Hess.
2009
QL345.G2 H47 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The Galápagos : exploring Darwin's tapestry / John Hess.
Author
Hess, John, 1942-
ISBN
9780826218377 (alk. paper)
0826218377 (alk. paper)
0826218377 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 188 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Call Number
QL345.G2 H47 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
508.866/50222
Summary
"Evolutionary ecologist and photographer John Hess presents the Galápagos in stunning photographs and insightful prose, celebrating the archipelago as a unique place to appreciate the achievements of Charles Darwin and other biologists as well as a place for visitors to experience the wonders of the natural world"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
The Archipelago
Physical forces
Weaving an island tapestry
The nature of desert
Cliffs and rocky shorelines
Lagoons and beaches
Of highlands and humans
Galapagos royalty
Flightless cormorant
Marine iguana
Waved albatross
The frigatebirds
Galapagos tortoise
The boobies
Swallow-tailed gull
Preserving the sacred.
Physical forces
Weaving an island tapestry
The nature of desert
Cliffs and rocky shorelines
Lagoons and beaches
Of highlands and humans
Galapagos royalty
Flightless cormorant
Marine iguana
Waved albatross
The frigatebirds
Galapagos tortoise
The boobies
Swallow-tailed gull
Preserving the sacred.