Devils Hole Pupfish : The Unexpected Survival of an Endangered Species in the Modern American West /
"The Devils Hole pupfish is one of the rarest vertebrate animals on the planet; its only natural habitat is a ten-by-sixty-foot pool near Death Valley, on the Nevada-California border. Isolation in Devils Hole made the fish different from its close genetic relatives, but as the book explores, w...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Las Vegas :
University of Nevada Press,
[2021]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | "The Devils Hole pupfish is one of the rarest vertebrate animals on the planet; its only natural habitat is a ten-by-sixty-foot pool near Death Valley, on the Nevada-California border. Isolation in Devils Hole made the fish different from its close genetic relatives, but as the book explores, what has made the species a survivor is its many surprising connections to the people who have studied, ignored, protested or protected it"-- |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (271 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781647790110 |