Galapagos: A Natural History, Revised and Expanded
by Michael Hume Jackson
Category: History

The text details the natural history of the plants and animals found in the Galapagos Islands. Accented with numerous illustrations, it also provides an annotated list of the dominant plants according to vegetation zone. The discussion covers the problems of colonization by founding populations, biological evolution and ecology, and the evolutionary processes bringing about species diversity. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR