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The Last Panda.
Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction. Here, acclaimed naturalist George Schaller uses his great evocative powers, and the insight gained by four and a half years in t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Prologue; 1. Every Journey Begins with the First Step
- 2. Winter Days; 3. Panda Politics; 4. A Footnote to History; 5. A Mountain of Treasure; 6. In the Hollow of a Fir; 7. Wei-Wei's World; 8. Death in the Choushuigou; 9. Travels in Panda Country; 10. Zhen-Zhen Eats Bitterness; 11. Tangjiahe; 12. Crisis; 13. Prisoners of Fate; 14. Rent-a-Panda; Epilogue; Appendices; A. In Search of the Kylin: The Endangered Wildlife of China; B. The Panda Is a Panda; C. Winter Birds Observed at Wuyipeng; D. Excerpts from the 1989 Panda Management Plan.
- E. Excerpts from Position Statements on Exhibition Loans of Giant PandasAfterword; Selected Reading; Index of Names; Index of Species and Subjects.