Extinct Madagascar Picturing the Island's Past

Name: Extinct Madagascar Picturing the Island's Past
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9781322067599

ISBN-10: 1322067597

ISBN-13: 9781322067599

Edition: N/A

Authors: Steven M. Goodman, William L. Jungers

List price: $54.32

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Out of stock

We're sorry. This item is currently unavailable.

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

The landscapes of Madagascar have long delighted zoologists, who have discovered, in and among the islands baobab trees and thickets, a dizzying array of animals, including something approaching one hundred species of lemur. Madagascars mammal fauna, for example, is far more diverse, and more endemic, than early explorers and naturalists ever dreamed of. But in the past 2,500 or so yearsa period associated with natural climatic shifts and ecological change, as well as partially coinciding with the arrival of the islands first human settlersa considerable proportion of Madagascars forests have disappeared; and in the wake of this loss, a number of species unique to Madagascar have vanished…

Book details

List price: $54.32
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/1/2014
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 255
Language: English

Steven M. Goodman is the MacArthur Field Biologist at the Field Museum, Chicago, and is based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He is coeditor of Natural Changes and Human Impact in Madagascar and a founding member of the Association Vahatra, a Malagasy organization dedicated to the advancement of science on Madagascar, particularly conservation education and research.

William L. Jungers is distinguished teaching professor and chair of anatomical sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.