On Madagascar, a Treasury of Fauna and Flora. Carol Kaesuk Yoon.
by Yoon, Carol Kaesuk; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 36Science. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Biological diversity | Books -- Reviews | Ecotourism | Evolution (Biology) | Island animals | Madagascar | PlantsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For the last 80 million years, the island of Madagascar has floated along in splendid isolation, separated from the rest of the world by miles of ocean, with only the rarest of storm-tossed creatures and plants able to reach its shores alive. Those that made it, though, were winners of the evolutionary lottery as the castaways spun off phenomenal numbers of new species, filling the once lonely island and turning it into one of the most biologically significant places on earth." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the enormous diversity of flora and fauna on the island of Madagascar.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: On Madagascar, a Treasury of Fauna and Flora, March 30, 2004; pp. F3.
"For the last 80 million years, the island of Madagascar has floated along in splendid isolation, separated from the rest of the world by miles of ocean, with only the rarest of storm-tossed creatures and plants able to reach its shores alive. Those that made it, though, were winners of the evolutionary lottery as the castaways spun off phenomenal numbers of new species, filling the once lonely island and turning it into one of the most biologically significant places on earth." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the enormous diversity of flora and fauna on the island of Madagascar.
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