Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pinto-Correia, Clara

Titel

Return of the Crazy Bird : The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY : Springer New York

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Weirdest Creatures -- The Discovery -- The Emperor and the Painters -- Mauritius and R©♭union -- Rodrigues -- The Rise of Dodology -- An Enduring Legacy
• Although everybody is familiar with the dodo bird, very few people know its history. Yet this history is compelling when read as a fable of the negative impact of humans on Earth's ecosystems. The author describes the complexity of the factors involved in animal extinction. Although we think of ourselves as more ecologically aware than our ancestors, we are propelling extinction to alarming rates