Sirenian Conservation : Issues and Strategies in Developing Countries /

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This important scientific volume comprehensively explores the biology and ecological status of manatees and dugongs in all of the geographic regions where they can be found today, from the Caribbean to Eastern Africa, from Arabia to the Amazon, and from Japan through the South Pacific to Australia....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Marmontel, Miriam (Editor ), Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A. (Editor ), Aragones, Lemnuel V. (Editor ), Reynolds, John Elliott, III, 1952- (Editor ), Hines, Ellen Marie, 1954- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sirenia.
NATURE > Animals > Marine Life.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Sireniens > Recherche > Technique.
Sireniens.
Sirenia
Sirenia > Conservation > Developing countries.
Sirenia > Research > Technique.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This important scientific volume comprehensively explores the biology and ecological status of manatees and dugongs in all of the geographic regions where they can be found today, from the Caribbean to Eastern Africa, from Arabia to the Amazon, and from Japan through the South Pacific to Australia. Many of these dwindling populations are situated in developing countries--locales that have previously received little attention in the scientific literature. In these areas, people occupying rivers or coastlines still capture sirenians for food and other uses (oil, bones for carving,
Descripción Física:1 online resource (348 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813042701

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