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Tibet Wild A Naturalist's Journeys on the Roof of the World /

As one of the world's leading field biologists, George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species-from mountain gorillas in the Virunga to pandas in the Wolong and snow leopards in the Himalaya. Throughout h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schaller, George B. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Covenant with Chiru
  • 2. Riddle of the Calving Ground
  • 3. The Longest Walk
  • 4. A Deadly Fashion
  • 5. A Gift to the Spirit
  • 6. The Good Pika
  • 7. Chang Tang Traverse
  • 8. Feral Naturalist
  • 9. Two Mountains and a River
  • 10. Into the Hidden Land
  • 11. Tibetan Wild Sheep Scandal
  • 12. Wild Icon of the Pamirs
  • 13. A Bear in the House
  • 14. The Snow Leopard
  • Selected References
  • Index.