`This is an authoritative book the Seychelles fully deserve, and one which will substantially promote conservation.' World Birdwatch, 7:2 (1985) `The book will long remain the standard scientific work on the islands. It is a work of major importance...' The Geographical Journal, 151 (1985) `...an outstanding collection of papers by excellent selected authors dealing mainly with the zoogeography and higher plant geography of the (political) Seychelles Islands.' T. Frevert