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Wildlife Watching in America's National Parks : A Seasonal Guide /
From the Great Smoky Mountains to Point Reyes National Seashore, America's national parks are home to some of nature's great wildlife spectacles. Here, two veterans of the National Park Service focus on twelve animals that have been imperiled and at risk, but are now protected within the N...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface -- Introduction : Wildlife in national parks -- History of wildlife conservation in parks -- Watching wildlife in parks -- Why view wildlife? -- Spring. March : Gray wolves of Yellowstone ; April : Black bears of the Great Smoky Mountains ; May : Prairie dogs of the Badlands -- Summer. June : Sea turtles of the Dry Tortugas ; July : American bison of Theodore Roosevelt ; August : Bats in Carlsbad Caverns -- Fall. September : Pacific salmon of the Olympics ; October : Elk of Buffalo River ; November : Beaver of Cuyahoga River Valley -- Winter. December : American alligators of the Everglades ; January : Gray whales of Point Reyes ; February : Bald eagles on the Mississippi River -- Final observations -- Hints for viewing wildlife -- Wildlife-viewing ethics -- Fifty wildlife-viewing destinations -- Acknowledgments and Credits -- Additional reading -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a From the Great Smoky Mountains to Point Reyes National Seashore, America's national parks are home to some of nature's great wildlife spectacles. Here, two veterans of the National Park Service focus on twelve animals that have been imperiled and at risk, but are now protected within the National Park System. This book showcases one species for each month of the year, highlighting the gray wolf, black bear, prairie dog, sea turtle, bison, bats, salmon, elk, beaver, American alligator, gray whale, and bald eagle. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Wildlife watching |z United States. | |
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