Fire and Fauna : Tales of a Life Untamed /

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"Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational, and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berish, Joan E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Berish, Joan E., > 1950-
Zoologists.
Wildlife conservationists.
Wildlife conservation.
Faune > Protection > Floride.
Gopherus polyphemus > Conservation > Floride.
Defenseurs de la faune > Floride > Biographies.
Zoologistes > Floride > Biographies.
Wildlife conservation > Florida.
Gopher tortoise > Conservation > Florida.
Wildlife conservationists > Florida > Biography.
Zoologists > Florida > Biography.
Florida.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational, and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and today. Berish recounts her eventful and sometimes absurd journey to become a wildlife researcher. Outrunning treetop flames, spending a night in jail with a threatened species, and surviving a stalled airplane engine while searching for a missing tortoise, Berish introduces readers to the adventures, triumphs, and heartbreaks that comprise a lifetime of working with animals, animals, both domestic and wild"--
Item Description:Series information from dust jacket.
Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages).
ISBN:9781623498320

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