This text examines the flora and fauna of the African continent by viewing it as a complex mosaic of landlocked islands; islands which vary from isolated forests in oceans of grassland to lakes in seas of land. Each of these islands represents a snapshot of millions of years of evolution. The author highlights representative species, and as the reader is led around continental Africa, a pattern emerges which provides a deeper understanding of the complexity of the biology of Africa. The author was born in Tanzania and now teachers at Oxford University. He has also published a 7-volume work called "East African Mammals".

Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Animals and Plants

Science & Math

Kingdon, Jonathan

Biological Sciences

Princeton Univ Pr

Island Africa Pb

HarperCollins, Publishers

Detailed anatomical illustrations accompany information on the appearance, habits, geographical distribution, and evolutionary changes of the smaller mammals of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Bibliogs

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part A

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

Academic Pr

Detailed anatomical illustrations accompany information on the appearance, habits, geographical distribution, and evolutionary changes of the smaller mammals of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Bibliogs

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part B (Hares and Rodents)

Business & Money

Economics

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Vol. 3, Part B

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part D

Jonathan Kingdon, one of the foremost authorities on African mammals, has written and illustrated this new field guide which sets new standards in African mammalogy. The author covers all the known species of African land mammal in a concise text providing full information on identification, distribution, ecology, evolutionary relationships, and conservation status. The focus is always on the mammals as seen in the field and on their ecology and evolutionary interrelationships. Introductory profiles summarize the characteristics of the various mammal groups, and the author simplifies many of the more complex groups of mammals by referencing genera. Twelve newly recognized species of bushbaby, fourteen newly named baboons, guenons, and mangabeys and nine newly described colobus monkeys contribute to a modern treatment of the monkeys. New species of bats, rodents, and fox as well as a fully revised listing of the duikers, squirrels and genets are included. Kingdon combines his long personal experience of life in Africa and his artistic talent with the best that modern natural history and biological science can offer. With over 480 color pictures and 280 maps covering some 1100 mammal species, this book is an essential companion to all visiting Africa or with an interest in the mammals of the continent. Key Features * Employs the most up-to-date classification and lists all 1150 known species * Focuses on mammals as seen in the field and in their evolutionary interrelationships

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Princeton Field Guides, 5)

Princeton University Press

Acclaimed and coveted by both naturalists and lovers of wildlife illustration, Jonathan Kingdon's seven-volume East African Mammals has become a classic of modern natural history. This paperback edition makes Kingdon's remarkable artistic and scientific achievement—his hundreds of drawings and perceptive study of all the mammals in East Africa's species-rich fauna—available to the wide audience it deserves. Volume I of East African Mammals contains introductory chapters on method, the East African environment vegetation, the Bwamba Forest, time perspectives on mammalian evolution, and mammalian anatomy. The major portion of the book is devoted to the study of primates, species by species, until all that occur in East Africa have been illustrated and their behavior, ecology, and anatomy discussed. In each volume Kingdon combines his text with hundreds of finished drawings and quick sketches, the latter a form of field note that provides an incomparable description of the animal's movements and personality. Kingdom explains his drawings "as a wordless questioning of form. . . . The probing pencil is like the dissecting scalpel, seeking to expose relevant structures that may not be immediately obvious and are certainly hidden from the shadowy world of the camera lens." As an artist, Kingdon's achievement has been compared with Audubon's; as a scientist, his work has made these volumes indispensable to any serious student of East African mammals.

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 1 (Volume 1)

University of Chicago Press

Acclaimed and coveted by both naturalists and lovers of wildlife illustration, Jonathan Kingdon's seven-volume East African Mammals has become a classic of modern natural history. This paperback edition makes Kingdon's remarkable artistic and scientific achievement—his hundreds of drawings and perceptive study of all the mammals in East Africa's species-rich fauna—available to the wide audience it deserves. Volume IIA of East African Mammals begins a two-part study of East Africa's smallest and least conspicuous mammals. It deals with bats and insectivores, including tenrecs, moles, hedgehogs, and shrews. In each volume Kingdon combines his text with hundreds of finished drawings and quick sketches, the latter a form of field note that provides an incomparable description of the animal's movements and personality. Kingdom explains his drawings "as a wordless questioning of form. . . . The probing pencil is like the dissecting scalpel, seeking to expose relevant structures that may not be immediately obvious and are certainly hidden from the shadowy world of the camera lens." As an artist, Kingdon's achievement has been compared with Audubon's; as a scientist, his work has made these volumes indispensable to any serious student of East African mammals.

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 2, Part A: Insectivores and Bats (Volume 2)

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Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Animals and Plants

Island Africa Pb

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part A

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part A

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part B (Hares and Rodents)

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Vol. 3, Part B

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Part D

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Princeton Field Guides, 5)

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 1 (Volume 1)

East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 2, Part A: Insectivores and Bats (Volume 2)