Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History (repost)
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
ABC-CLIO | 2005-08-19 | ISBN: 157607868X | 398 pages | PDF | 7,9 MB
ABC-CLIO | 2005-08-19 | ISBN: 157607868X | 398 pages | PDF | 7,9 MB
A fascinating study of the environmental history of Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific, from the time of the dinosaurs to the present day. Why do kangaroos hop? Or koala bears nap so often? From how animals cope with the extremes of the Australian outback to the tragic impact of early human settlement on Easter Island, this volume provides a scholarly yet accessible survey of the environmental history of one quarter of the world's surface.