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Archipelago : the islands of Indonesia : from the nineteenth-century discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the fate of forests and reefs in the twenty-first century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daws, Gavan
Corporate Author: Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Other Authors: Fujita, Marty, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Wallace, Alfred Russel, > 1823-1913 > Travel > Malay Archipelago.
Naturalists > England > Biography.
Zoogeography > Malay Archipelago.
Natural history > Malay Archipelago.
Evolution (Biology) > Malay Archipelago.
Natural selection.
Table of Contents:
  • The evolution of a naturalist
  • Preparing for the Archipelago
  • Borneo: encountering the Orangutan
  • Bali, Lombock, and Celebes: Wallace draws the line
  • The Moluccas: illness and inspiration
  • The islands of Ké, Aru, and New Guinea: land of the bird of paradise
  • Java, Sumatra, and home: realizations
  • From the Malay Archipelago to Indonesia: spanning the centuries.