TY - BOOK AU - Hess,John TI - The GalaÌpagos: exploring Darwin's tapestry SN - 9780826218377 (alk. paper) AV - QL345.G2 H47 2009 U1 - 508.866/50222 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Animals KW - Galapagos Islands KW - Pictorial works KW - Natural history N1 - Includes index; The Archipelago -- Physical forces -- Weaving an island tapestry -- The nature of desert -- Cliffs and rocky shorelines -- Lagoons and beaches -- Of highlands and humans -- Galapagos royalty -- Flightless cormorant -- Marine iguana -- Waved albatross -- The frigatebirds -- Galapagos tortoise -- The boobies -- Swallow-tailed gull -- Preserving the sacred N2 - "Evolutionary ecologist and photographer John Hess presents the GalaÌpagos in stunning photographs and insightful prose, celebrating the archipelago as a unique place to appreciate the achievements of Charles Darwin and other biologists as well as a place for visitors to experience the wonders of the natural world"--Provided by publisher ER -