- 1981 first edition. 159 pages
- Published by Moonraker Press, Great Britain.
- Hardcover with dust jacket. Black boards.
- Very good condition. Minor wear, scuffs to dust jacket. Minor rugging to bottom edge of boards. Clip to bottom corner of inside flap of front cover. Small owner ex Libris stamp on free front end paper.
A comprehensive world-survey of threatened species. Illustrated and Indexed.
The population explosion of the human race is subjecting the other species with which we share this planet to unprecedented stresses. Man is everywhere, exploiting everything, possessing everything. More than 130 bird species have become extinct through human intervention within the past 250 years, and many more are now threatened. Some are surviving by the narrowest of margins, having a total population of only a score or so.
In this book, the distinguished British naturalist, Ralph Whitlock, surveys the situation. Dealing comprehensively with the species currently at risk throughout the world, he examines the events which have brought them into peril and assesses their chances of survival. The study leads him to investigate the fate of those species which have foundered and the factors which give threatened species in the 1980s a better hope of escaping extinction.
Accepting the maxim 'adapt or perish' as a basic natural law, the author provides an encouraging account of a considerable number of species which have successfully adapted to a changing environment and have come to terms with life alongside human neighbours - in some cases, though not all, with human assistance.
This detailed and informative book will appeal to all those concerned with the future.
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