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Island : Fact & Theory In Nature
by James Lazell (Author),
University Of California Press (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
Guana, in the British Virgin Islands, is home to a remarkably diverse assortment
of animal and plant life: mangroves, flamingos, iguanas, frogs, birds, snakes,
spiders, tortoises, grasshoppers, and bats, to name but a few. What is so
surprising about Guana's astonishing panoply is that, according to prevailing
ecological theories, the island's diversity should be much lower than it
actually is. This provocative book describes Guana's flora and fauna against the
backdrop of islands worldwide and their ecology, evolution, and conservation.
Much more than a book about one island, it raises important challenges to
prevailing dogma of island biogeography and theoretical ecology. James (Skip)
Lazell demonstrates that meaningful conservation
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780520243521
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher University Of California Press
Publishing Date 2005
Product Edition 1