Uncovering Chameleons. Rebecca Lindsey.
by Lindsey, Rebecca; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 36Science. Publisher: Earth Observatory, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Artificial satellites in remote sensing | Biological diversity | Biotic communities | Chameleons | Island animals | Island ecology | MadagascarDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Separated from all other landmasses for 88 million years, a mind-boggling diversity of life forms evolved in isolation in Madagascar's diverse topographic and climatic regions. This fourth-largest island in the world has one of the highest rates of unique species on the planet: 90 percent of its reptiles, 80 percent of its plants, and 46 percent of its birds are found nowhere else on Earth." (EARTH OBSERVATORY) This article describes the diversity of plant and animal life on Madagascar and notes the dangers to these plants and animals as a result of the increasing human population on the island.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Uncovering Chameleons, June 29, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Separated from all other landmasses for 88 million years, a mind-boggling diversity of life forms evolved in isolation in Madagascar's diverse topographic and climatic regions. This fourth-largest island in the world has one of the highest rates of unique species on the planet: 90 percent of its reptiles, 80 percent of its plants, and 46 percent of its birds are found nowhere else on Earth." (EARTH OBSERVATORY) This article describes the diversity of plant and animal life on Madagascar and notes the dangers to these plants and animals as a result of the increasing human population on the island.
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