Built for speed : a year in the life of pronghorn /

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North America's fastest mammal, the pronghorn can accelerate explosively from a standing start to a top speed of 60 miles per hour--but it can also cruise at 45 miles per hour for many miles. What accounts for the speed of this extraordinary animal, a denizen of the American outback, and what c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byers, John A. (John Alexander), 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Temas:
Pronghorn.
Antilope américaine.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
NATURE / Animals / Wildlife
Pronghorn
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Anatomy of a Speedster
  • 2 Spring and the Sounds of Snipe
  • 3 First Field Season
  • 4 The Adult Bullies
  • 5 Milk Politics
  • 6 Little Speedsters
  • 7 Columns of Dust
  • 8 Bachelor Workout
  • 9 The Turning Year
  • 10 Making Next Year's Fawns
  • 11 After the Equinox
  • 12 After the Solstice
  • 13 The Floor of the Sky
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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