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Author:

De Queiroz, Alan, author.

Title:

The monkey's voyage : how improbable journeys shaped the history of life / Alan de Queiroz.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Animals--Dispersal.
Plants--Dispersal.
Biogeography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index.

Contents:

Of garter snakes and Gondwana -- Earth and life. From Noah's ark to New York : the roots of the story ; The fragmented world ; Over the edge of reason ; New Zealand stirrings -- Trees and time. The DNA explosion ; Believe the forest -- The improbable, the rare, the mysterious, and the miraculous. The green web ; A frog's tale ; The monkey's voyage ; The long, strange history of the Gondwanan islands -- Transformations. The structure of biogeographic "revolutions" ; A world shaped by miracles -- The driftwood coast.

ISBN:

0465020518 (hardcover)
9780465020515 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2013036248

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)