Madagascar /
In the forests of Madagascar, about nine-tenths of the plant and animal species are unique to the island. Their natural habitats range from true rainforest to the lunar landscape of the spiny desert, and the natural rock-gardens of the mountain tops. Madagascar is no oceanic island, but a fragment o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Published in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by Pergamon Press,
1984.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Key environments.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In the forests of Madagascar, about nine-tenths of the plant and animal species are unique to the island. Their natural habitats range from true rainforest to the lunar landscape of the spiny desert, and the natural rock-gardens of the mountain tops. Madagascar is no oceanic island, but a fragment of continent a thousand miles long, wrenched loose from the side of Africa. In this Lost World, plants and animals have become a living museum of evolution. Aepornis, the largest bird which ever lived, became extinct on Madagascar in the last few hundred years. Many more Malagasy species are now. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781483285955 1483285952 |