The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
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Restoring paradise: rethinking and rebuilding nature in Hawai'i.
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Geographic isolation has fostered the evolution of many species of birds and plants entirely unique to the Hawaiian Islands, yet these islands are home to three quarters of all of America's extinctions most of which have been caused by the human..... More
Plants on islands: diversity and dynamics on a continental archipelago.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration..... More
The Woodhen: a flightless island bird defying extinction.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs and illustrations, maps. WAS $60. This book tells the fascinating conservation story of the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. This unique large rail, was at the very brink of extinction with just 15 individuals found in 1980, when bold and risky..... More
Christmas island naturally: the natural history of an isolated oceanic island.
Sydney: Author, (1994. second edition), Oblong format, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Notes on the natural history of some minor Galapagos Islands.
Sydney: Gruppo Richerche Scientifiche e Tencniche Subacquee, 1980. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
A marine rapid assessment of the Tongean and Banggai Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Washington DC: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, paperback, The Togeans are a picturesque group of islands in the large Tomini Bay of Central Sulawesi, with coral reefs known for their vast biodiversity and rich marine resources. The Togean-Banggai archipelago was declared a marine tourist park in 1990, but fears exist about..... More
A marine rapid assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia.
Washington DC: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, softcover. The Raja Ampat islands are another example of a highly diverse coral ecosystem under threat. Such regions stand out not only because of their species richness, endemism, and habitat level diversity, but also because of their relatively pristine condition. Yet portions of these..... More
Australian island arks: conservation, management and opportunities.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. Quarto, paperback, photographs and text illustrations, softcover. Was $80. Australia is the custodian of a diverse range of continental and oceanic islands. From Heard and Macquarie in the sub-Antarctic, to temperate Lord Howe and Norfolk, to the tropical Cocos (Keeling) and the islands of the Great..... More
Biodiversity assessment of tropical island ecosystems: PABRITA manual for interactive ecology and management.
Honololu: Bishop Museum Press, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. This book was prepared to fill the gap of explaining ecological methodology for biodiversity assessment in island ecosystems. Information on island flora and fauna has been variously assembled in books and checklists over many years, but rarely has..... More
Observations on birds of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Chicago: The Auk, 1914-1915. Octavo, photographs, binder's cloth, wrappers retained. author's reprint with two other titles contained. More
Insect conservation and islands.
Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
The song of the Dodo: island biogeography in an age of extinctions.
London: Hutchinson, (1996. first edition). Octavo, maps, signature, stamp, fine copy in slightly crinkled dustwrapper. Winner of the 1996 BP Natural Book Award. "Quammen's book is brilliantly written, and summarizes the evolving science of island biogeography in a way never before attempted…" Times Literary Supplement. "A massive and beautiful exploration..... More
Ascension Island and the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition 1957-1959.
London: The Ibis, 1962. Octavo, folding map, photographs. Handsome binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards, a fine copy. The Ibis volume 103b, number two. Also the subject of a popular book published 1960. More
Island colonization: the origin and development of island communities.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1752007. Octavo, textillustrations, tables, laminated boards. New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of new biological communities. Studies carried out on islands like this have provided answers to fundamental questions..... More
Island environments in a changing world.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. Islands capture the human imagination as remote, vulnerable and exotic, yet there is comparatively little understanding of their basic geology, geography, or the impact of island colonization by plants, animals and humans. This detailed study of..... More
Island populations.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The offshore islands of northern New Zealand: proceedings of a symposium convened by the Offshore Islands Research Group in Auckland, 10-13 May 1983.
Wellington: Department of Lands and Survey, 1986. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
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