Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-223) and index.
Contents
Prologue : a conservation icon -- 1. Discovery -- 2. Lonesome George's girlfriend -- 3. The origin of a species -- 4. Random drift -- 5. Man trap -- 6. Lock up your tortoise -- 7. The mysteries of Pinta -- 8. The diaspora -- 9. Wild at heart -- 10. Faking organisms -- 11. Clones and chimeras -- Epilogue : what now?