Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1554074843 ISBN 13: 9781554074846

Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Gathers essays on the remarkable animals, plants, and ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands, and discusses recent discoveries, threats to the environment, and efforts at conservation.

About this title

Review:

This remarkable book...is itself cause for celebration. This book is essential for any deeper understanding of the islands. --BBC Wildlife

This is a spectacular book - if you want to give yourself (or anyone even remotely interested in conservation) a present then look no further. It is beautifully produced, a really good read and inspiring. --Seabird

It is the ideal book for the environmentally conscious armchair traveller. --Good Book Guide

About the Author:

Tui de Roy is a naturalist, an expert on Galapagos and the world's preeminent Galapagos photographer. She is the author and photographer of New Zealand, The Andes and Albatross. She lives in New Zealand.

Sarah Darwin is a botanist and descendant of Charles Darwin. She lives in the United Kingdom.

Contributing writers include: Dennis Geist, volcanologist, University of Idaho; Julian Sachs, paleoclimatologist, University of Washington; Conley K. McMullen, botanist, James Madison University, Virginia; Jack S. Grove, naturalist and research associate, Section of Ichthyology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Alex Hearn, adjunct marine biologist, University of California- Davis; Martin Wikelski and Michael Romero, physiological ecologists, Max Planck Institute, Germany, and Tufts University, Massachusetts; Peter and Rosemary Grant, evolutionary biologists, Princeton University, New Jersey; Patricia Parker, disease ecologist, WildCare institute, Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri; David Anderson, evolutionary biologist, Wake Forest University, North Carolina; Kathryn Huyvaert, ecologist, Colorado State University; Karl Campbell, Island Conservation, California; Godfrey Merlen, naturalist and independent researcher, WildAid, Galapagos, Ecuador.

About this edition

• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1554074843
• ISBN 13: 9781554074846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: De Roy Tui