Author: Westoll, T.S.; Stoddart, D.R.
Title: A Discussion on the results of the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967-68
Description: Royal Society 1971 654, 33 plates (2 col), folding map, text figs. . HB. 4to, buckram, leather title piece to spine, front wrapper retained. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016), with his name to titlepage. Fine.. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Vol. 260. Aldabra is one of a scattered group of four atolls lying between the northern tip of Madagascar and Mombasa. During the 1960s this ecologically significant raised coral atoll came under threat of development from a proposed military airport and a BBC transmitter. This led to an international protest by scientists known as 'the Aldabra Affair'.This work provides detailed reports of a major scientific expedition to Aldabra, under the leadership of Prof. D.R. Stoddart. Over 40 international naturalists were engaged in conducting a study of the flora and fauna of the atoll. In addition to natural history, it also includes reports on geomorphology, climate, human settlement and development, and place names..

Keywords: Aldabra; Aldabra Group; Indian Ocean; Fauna; Flora


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