Sandhill and Whooping Cranes : Ancient Voices over America's Wetlands.

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Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre-ice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every nuance of the crane conversation going on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnsgard, Paul A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : UNP - Bison Original, 2011.
Temas:
Sandhill crane.
Whooping crane.
Wetland birds > North America.
Cranes (Birds) > Conservation > North America.
Bird watching > North America.
Grue du Canada.
Grue blanche.
Oiseaux des zones humides > Amérique du Nord.
Grues (Oiseaux) > Conservation > Amérique du Nord.
Oiseaux > Observation > Amérique du Nord.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Bird watching
Sandhill crane
Wetland birds
Whooping crane
North America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Lesser Sandhill Cranes: Pleistocene Relicts from the Tundra; 2. The Other Sandhills: From Sedge Bogs to Palm Savannas; 3. The Whooping Crane: Still Surviving Despite the Odds; 4. Our Cranes and Their Fragile Futures; Appendix: Crane Viewing Sites in the United States and Canada; References; Suggested Reading; Online Sources of Information on Cranes; Index.

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