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    <body><![CDATA[Wildlife biologist and author Aldrin Mallari lent me a copy of this staggering book after knowing I had read &quot;Wild Thoughts From Wild Places.&quot; I think I learned more about biogeography from reading this book than talking to a dozen biologists. The final image of the last Dodo on earth hunk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2246142">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a liberal arts degree.  My little sister is studying conservation biology.  She gave me this book and it interested me so much that I want to go back to school and study science now.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quammen is the best science writer out there. This is book is so good it should be taught along with textbooks in any ecology and evolution class.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm biased on this one, since &quot;The Song of the Dodo&quot; is all about biological disciplines that intrigue me the most: biogeography, macroecology, conservation biology, and a little bit of community ecology. I hope the technical aspects are not too overbearing to a non-biologist, because this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38853258">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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