Islands
Subtitle: Portraits of Miniature Worlds
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780716731351
Subjects: Applied ecology; Biology, Life Sciences; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Reference works; Nature; Ecology; Nature/Ecology; Reference; Marine Life; Oceans & Seas; Island ecology; General; Life Sciences - Ecology; Islands
Description: Louise Young explores some of the most fascinating of these isolated landscapes, particularly those whose stories address the delicate balance that exists between the land, the people, and other living beings. An environmentalist and geophysicist, Young describes the unique history and personality of each island - its birth and evolution, the geology that has shaped its landscape, and its human, plant, and animal inhabitants.