Dynamic Zoogeography with Special Reference to Land Animals by Udvardy, Miklos - 1969

New York: Van Nostrand, 1969. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A Good Hardcover in a Good Dust Jacket..

Signed with an inscription to fellow biologist Rick Warner on top of the title page by the author.

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear; damp stain lower text block not affecting text. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has handling wear and sun-fading on the spine. First Edition, Second Printing. 8vo; 23.5 cm; 9.25 inches tall; 445 pages with references and index; illustrated with 174 b/w two color fold-out maps.. A substantial part of the book is devoted to ecologic, historic, and evolutionary considerations. The author provides basic fundamentals and concepts for both zoogeographers and specialists in related areas, examining the facts and principles of animal distribution. Throughout, the author considers the geographic distribution of animal species as the result of the evolutionary history of the animal and of its environment, emphasizing the dynamic nature of the acting agents in zoogeography. [from the flyleaf]