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When you look out your window, why are you so much more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland's warbler or a California condor? Why are some animals naturally rare and others so abundant? The quest to find and study seldom-seen jaguars and flamboyant Andean cocks-of-the-rock is as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dinerstein, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint : Island Press, 2013.
Temas:
Environmental sciences.
Animal ecology.
Biodiversity.
Climatic changes.
Nature conservation.
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Sciences de l'environnement.
Écologie animale.
Biodiversité.
Climat > Changements.
Nature > Conservation.
environmental sciences.
climate change.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Uncommon Menagerie
  • 2. The Gift of Isolation
  • 3. A Jaguar on the Beach
  • 4. The Firebird Suite
  • 5. There in the Elephant Grass
  • 6. Scent of an Anteater
  • 7. Invasion and Resistance
  • 8. Ghosts of Indochina
  • 9. Rarity Made Common
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Index.

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