Lost land of the dodo
Subtitle: an ecological history of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues
By: Anthony Cheke and Julian Hume
Contributors: Hume, Julian P. (Julian Pender)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780300141863
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-452) and index.
Table of contents: title: Geography of the Mascarenes; title: First contact; title: The pristine islands; title: Where did the dodo come from?; title: Early settlement; title: United under France; title: A century of sugar; title: The limits to growth; title: A miraculous survival; title: Practical conservation on Mauritius and Rodrigues; title: Reflections; title: Tailpiece: La Ravine Saint-Gilles : a poem; title: Appendices.