Galapagos

Paul D. Stewart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2006
BBC Books (Verlag)
978-0-563-49356-3 (ISBN)

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The Galapagos archipelago is made up of thirteen main islands and more than sixty other islets, rocks and reefs, scattered over four hundred kilometres of open ocean. Sitting at a confluence of four major ocean currents, the islands are actually the summits of vast undersea volcanoes, and are steadily on the march. How has such an odd assortment of life managed to find a footing in this unruly world? Micro-climates and altitude have combined to form discrete environmental zones: perfect habitats for the islands diverse fauna marine iguanas, petrels, blue-footed boobies and giant tortoises being but a famous few. Galapagos is a rare insight into an incredible landscape, a natural laboratory and an exquisite evolutionary habitat that Darwin described as a 'world within itself'. Both fragile and furious, the Galapagos is unlike any other place on earth.

Paul D. Stewart is an Emmy award-winning wildlife cameraman with the BBC's Natural History Unit and has published numerous articles in leading science and conservation journals.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.9.2006
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	192 x 245 mm
Gewicht	775 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Südamerika
ISBN-10	0-563-49356-9 / 0563493569
ISBN-13	978-0-563-49356-3 / 9780563493563
Zustand	Neuware