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About David Quammen
See more books from this AuthorEverything you might want to know about life and death on islands here, there, and everywhere on the globe can be found in Quammen's study of island biogeography.
| Read Full Review of SONG OF THE DODO: Island Biog...Quammen (Natural Acts) has successfully mixed genres in this highly impressive and thoroughly enjoyable work. The scientific journalism is first-rate, with the extremely technical field of island biog
Apr 01 1996 | Read Full Review of SONG OF THE DODO: Island Biog...From his extended historical analysis of the journeys and insights of 19th-century biologist Alfred Russell Wallace to his field and laboratory interviews with many of the men and women who have followed in Wallace's intellectual wake, Quammen delightfully adds the human dimension to his discussi...
| Read Full Review of SONG OF THE DODO: Island Biog...They censused the insects on minute mangrove islands, then had a professional exterminator from Miami wrap the islands in canvas a la Christo and fumigate them.
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