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Wildlife of Ecuador : A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians /

Mainland Ecuador's spectacular wildlife makes it a magnet for nature tourists, but until now there hasn't been a go-to, all-in-one guide geared to the general reader. With this handy and accessible guide, visitors now have everything they need to identify and enjoy the majority of birds an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vasquez Noboa, Andres
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Biogeography of Ecuador -- Diversity and its reasons -- The Andes -- The equator -- The marine currents -- Habitats and bio-regions -- Species accounts -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Mammals -- Appendix : map of main roads and national protected areas of Ecuador. 
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