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Author:

Daws, Gavan.

Title:

Archipelago : the islands of Indonesia : from the nineteenth-century discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the fate of forests and reefs in the twenty-first century / Gavan Daws and Marty Fujita ; prologue by Edward O. Wilson ; epilogue by John C. Sawhill.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xii, 254 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 x 28 cm.

Subject:

Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913--Journeys--Malay Archipelago.
Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913--Journeys--Malay Archipelago.
Naturalists--England.--Biography.
Zoogeography--Malay Archipelago.
Natural history--Malay Archipelago.
Evolution (Biology)--Malay Archipelago.
Natural selection.
Natural history--Indonesia.
Naturalists--England--Biography.
Environmental degradation--Indonesia.

Other Authors:

Fujita, Marty, 1954-
Nature Conservancy (U.S.)

Notes:

"Published in association with the Nature Conservancy." Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-246) and index.

Contents:

The evolution of a naturalist -- Preparing for the Archipelago -- Borneo: encountering the Orangutan -- Bali, Lombock, and Celebes: Wallace draws the line -- The Moluccas: illness and inspiration -- The islands of Ké, Aru, and New Guinea: land of the bird of paradise -- Java, Sumatra, and home: realizations -- From the Malay Archipelago to Indonesia: spanning the centuries.

ISBN:

9780520215764 (alk. paper)
0520215761 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41049535

LCCN:

99022769

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)