Review
Recent Books on Species Extinction; A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction, Joel Greenberg. Bloomsbury Press (2014). xiii+298pp., $26.00, ISBN: 9781620405345 (Hardback); Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction, Thom Van Dooren. Columbia University Press (2014). x+193pp., $30.00, ISBN: 9780231166188 (Hardback); Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin, Samuel Turvey. Oxford University Press (2008). xii+234pp., £8.99, ISBN: 9780199549481 (Paperback); Wild Again: The Struggle to Save the Black-Footed Ferret, David Jachowski. University of California Press (2014). ix+241pp., $34.95, ISBN: 9780520281653 (Hardback); Hemlock: A Forest Giant on the Edge, David Foster, Benjamin Baiser, Audrey Plotkin, Anthony D’Amato, Aaron Ellison, David Orwig, Wyatt Oswald, Jonathan Thompson. Yale University Press (2014). xxviii+306pp., $40.00, ISBN: 9780300179385 (Hardback); Planet Without Apes, Craig Stanford. Harvard University Press (2012). 262pp., $25.95, ISBN: 9780674067042 (Hardback); The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert. Henry Holt (2014). 319pp., $28.00, ISBN: 9780805092998 (Hardback)
| Title: | Recent Books on Species Extinction; A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction, Joel Greenberg. Bloomsbury Press (2014). xiii+298pp., $26.00, ISBN: 9781620405345 (Hardback); Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction, Thom Van Dooren. Columbia University Press (2014). x+193pp., $30.00, ISBN: 9780231166188 (Hardback); Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin, Samuel Turvey. Oxford University Press (2008). xii+234pp., £8.99, ISBN: 9780199549481 (Paperback); Wild Again: The Struggle to Save the Black-Footed Ferret, David Jachowski. University of California Press (2014). ix+241pp., $34.95, ISBN: 9780520281653 (Hardback); Hemlock: A Forest Giant on the Edge, David Foster, Benjamin Baiser, Audrey Plotkin, Anthony D’Amato, Aaron Ellison, David Orwig, Wyatt Oswald, Jonathan Thompson. Yale University Press (2014). xxviii+306pp., $40.00, ISBN: 9780300179385 (Hardback); Planet Without Apes, Craig Stanford. Harvard University Press (2012). 262pp., $25.95, ISBN: 9780674067042 (Hardback); The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert. Henry Holt (2014). 319pp., $28.00, ISBN: 9780805092998 (Hardback) |
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| Authors: | Cafaro, Philip1 philip.cafaro@colostate.edu |
| Source: | Biological Conservation. Jan2015, Vol. 181, p245-257. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: | Nonfiction |
| Reviews & Products: | Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction, A (Book), Flight Ways: Life & Loss at the Edge of Extinction (Book), Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin (Book) |
| People: | Greenberg, Joel, Van Dooren, Thom, Turvey, Samuel |
| ISSN: | 00063207 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.026 |
| Database: | GreenFILE |