ISBN: 9780253000996

The Dodo and the Solitaire is the most comprehensive book to date onthese two famously extinct birds. It contains all the known contemporary accountsand illustrations of the dodo and soli… Mehr…

The Dodo and the Solitaire is the most comprehensive book to date onthese two famously extinct birds. It contains all the known contemporary accountsand illustrations of the dodo and solitaire, covering their history after extinctionand discussing their ecology, classification, phylogenetic placement, and evolution.Both birds were large, flightless, and inhabited islands of Mauritius (the dodo) andRodrigues (the solitaire) some 500 miles east of Madagascar. The first recordeddescriptions of the dodo were provided by Dutch sailors who first landed onMauritius in 1598 -- within 100 years, the dodo was extinct. So quickly did the birddisappear that there is insufficient evidence to form an entirely accurate pictureof its appearance and ecology, and the absence has led to much speculation. Thestory of the dodo, like that of the solitaire, has been pieced together fromfragments, both literary and physical, that have been carefully compiled andexamined in this extraordinary volume. Media > Book, [PU: Indiana University Press]<

2012, ISBN: 9780253000996

Indiana University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 432 Seiten, Publiziert: 2012-12-03T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 3.2 kg, Umweltwissenscha… Mehr…

Indiana University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 432 Seiten, Publiziert: 2012-12-03T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 3.2 kg, Umweltwissenschaft, Naturwissenschaft & Mathematik, Fachbücher, Kategorien, Bücher, Geologie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Tiere & Pflanzen, Umwelt & Ökologie, Verschiedenes, Paläontologie, Biologie, Biowissenschaften, Zoologie, Format: Illustriert, Indiana University Press, 2012<