Islands beyond the Horizon

Profiles twenty remote islands, detailing the history, the wildlife, and the plants of each and discussing the impact of mankind.

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1: Wrangel


• 2: Chinijo Archipelago


• 3: Jan Mayen


• 4: Mykines


• 5: Guam


• 6: San Blas Islands


• 7: Ascension


• 8: Fernando de Noronha


• 9: Mingulay


• 10: Pico


• 11: Tristan da Cunha


• 12: Vigur


• 13: St Kilda


• 14: South Georgia


• 15: Halfmoon Island


• 16: The Skelligs


• 17: Isle aux Aigrettes


• 18: Solovetski Islands


• 19: St Peter and St Paul Rocks


• 20: Tuamotu Archipelago


• Epilogue


• Scientific Names of Species


• References

About the author

Roger Lovegrove was RSPB Director for Wales for 27 years and since retirement has been a member of the board of The Countryside Council for Wales, served on the Forestry Commission Advisory Committee for Wales, was chair of the Welsh woodland initiative (Ty Coed), and founder and later chairman of the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. For twelve years he also served as a wildlife inspector for DEFRA. He is the author of some ten books, including Birds of Wales, The Red Kite's Tale, and more recently Silent Fields.

Summary

Renowned naturalist Roger Lovegrove has travelled to the world's remotest islands, from the South Seas to the Arctic Circle. They are beautiful, dangerous, and inspiring. Here he tells the story of twenty; each a self-contained habitat with a delicately-balanced ecosystem, and each its tales of humans who have settled, despoiled, or cared for them.

Additional text

Roger Lovegrove's admiration for wildlife shines

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Roger Lovegrove's admiration for wildlife shines Nature

Product details

• Authors: Roger Lovegrove, Lovegrove Roger
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780198727576
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872757-6
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, popular science, natural history, The environment, Biodiversity, Science / Environmental Science, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Biodiversity / Ecosystems