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The Kingdom of Rarities
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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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2013.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Table des matières:
- 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.