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The American Bird Conservancy guide to bird conservation /
Whether we live in cities, in the suburbs, or in the country, birds are ubiquitous features of daily life, so much so that we often take them for granted. But even the casual observer is aware that birds don't fill our skies in the number they once did. That awareness has spawned conservation a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Whether we live in cities, in the suburbs, or in the country, birds are ubiquitous features of daily life, so much so that we often take them for granted. But even the casual observer is aware that birds don't fill our skies in the number they once did. That awareness has spawned conservation action that has led to notable successes, including the recovery of some of the nation's most emblematic species, such as the Bald Eagle, Brown Pelican, Whooping Crane, and Peregrine Falcon. Despite this, a third of all American bird species are in trouble--in many cases, they're in imminent danger of exti. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 446 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226647296 0226647293 9781282932869 1282932861 9786612932861 6612932864 |