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100 1 $aChambers, Paul,$d1968-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb98073263
245 12 $aA sheltered life :$bthe unexpected history of the giant tortoise /$cPaul Chambers.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axiv, 306 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: London : John Murray, c2004.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-300) and index.
505 0 $aI: Discovery -- A sheltered life -- The worthless islands -- Here be giants -- II: Inspiration -- Just one species? -- A tortoise for each island -- Revelation -- Ironies -- III: Decimation -- The Indian Ocean tortoises -- The safe haven -- The arrival of the whaling fleet -- Settlers -- IV: Obsession -- La Mare aux songes -- A champion for the tortoises -- Understanding the tortoises -- Save the tortoises! -- The final showdown -- Galápagos or bust -- The errant playboy -- V: Pets -- The well-travelled tortoises -- Darwin's missing tortoise -- Digging into Harriet's past -- The fate of the Beagle tortoises -- Marion's tortoise -- VI: Recovery -- In the name of science -- Aldabra's legacy -- The Charles Darwin foundation -- VII: In the blood -- Lumpers and splitters -- The tortoises' origins.
650 0 $aTestudinidae.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134161
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0604/2005050859.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2005050859-d.html
852 00 $bsci$hQL666.C584$iC46 2006