Escape from Extinction
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Published in October 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-0-948636-57-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume provides a cartoon presentation of the facts of extinction - why does it happen? how can it be prevented? This book is the second in the series of natural history cartoon booklets which began with "Fish Facts". "Escape from Extinction" covers natural and other extinctions from early fossil records to modern endangered species, and looks at the theories surrounding the disappearance of the dinosaurs, Ice Age extinctions, the dodo and many other examples. It ends by looking at remedies and successful re-introduction schemes.
This volume provides a cartoon presentation of the facts of extinction - why does it happen? how can it be prevented? This book is the second in the series of natural history cartoon booklets which began with "Fish Facts". "Escape from Extinction" covers natural and other extinctions from early fossil records to modern endangered species, and looks at the theories surrounding the disappearance of the dinosaurs, Ice Age extinctions, the dodo and many other examples. It ends by looking at remedies and successful re-introduction schemes.
This volume provides a cartoon presentation of the facts of extinction - why does it happen? how can it be prevented? This book is the second in the series of natural history cartoon booklets which began with "Fish Facts". "Escape from Extinction" covers natural and other extinctions from early fossil records to modern endangered species, and looks at the theories surrounding the disappearance of the dinosaurs, Ice Age extinctions, the dodo and many other examples. It ends by looking at remedies and successful re-introduction schemes.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
b&w illustrations, colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-948636-57-8 (9780948636578)
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Schweitzer Classification