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Act III in Patagonia : People and Wildlife.
From tracking elephant seals in the Atlantic to following flamingos in the Andes, Act III in Patagonia takes readers to the sites where real-life field science is taking place. It further illuminates the ecology of the region through a history that reaches from the time of the Tehuelche Indians know...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington DC :
Island Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Prelude
- Counting Elephant Seals on Peninsula Valdes
- Subplots and Stage Directions in Argentina
- A Patagonian Conservationist in the Campo
- Act I: 12,000 Years in Patagonia
- Act II: Hunting's High Tide
- Act III: The Road to Conservation
- STEPPE AND ALTIPLANO
- 1. The Camel and the Sheep
- 2. Mr. Darwin's Ostrich and the Green-Egged Martineta
- 3. A Giant Monogamous Mouse
- 4. The Parrot Metropolis of Rio Negro
- 5. The Tortoise and the Bus Driver6. The Condor, the Puma, the Fox, and the Aliens
- 7. The Altiplano and the Flamingos
- 8. A Once and Future Patagonian Steppe
- COASTAL CHRONICLES
- 1. The Doctor and the Sea Lions
- 2. Incredibly Deep-Diving Super Seal
- 3. Adventures of a Billion Dollar Bird
- 4. Penguin Lives and Principles
- 5. The Critical Colony
- 6. Plans for Coast and Sea
- SEA AND SKY
- 1. The Toothfish, the Hake, and the Squid
- 2. Orcas, Right Whales, and Economics
- 3. Report from a Sea and Sky Outpost
- The Scene Ahead
- Notes