| Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Epigraph -- Introduction -- Prelude -- Counting Elephant Seals on Peninsula Valdes -- Subplots and Stage Directions in Argentina -- A Patagonian Conservationist in the Campo -- Act I: 12,000 Years in Patagonia -- Act II: Hunting's High Tide -- Act III: The Road to Conservation -- STEPPE AND ALTIPLANO -- 1. The Camel and the Sheep -- 2. Mr. Darwin's Ostrich and the Green-Egged Martineta -- 3. A Giant Monogamous Mouse -- 4. The Parrot Metropolis of Rio Negro |
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5. The Tortoise and the Bus Driver6. The Condor, the Puma, the Fox, and the Aliens -- 7. The Altiplano and the Flamingos -- 8. A Once and Future Patagonian Steppe -- COASTAL CHRONICLES -- 1. The Doctor and the Sea Lions -- 2. Incredibly Deep-Diving Super Seal -- 3. Adventures of a Billion Dollar Bird -- 4. Penguin Lives and Principles -- 5. The Critical Colony -- 6. Plans for Coast and Sea -- SEA AND SKY -- 1. The Toothfish, the Hake, and the Squid -- 2. Orcas, Right Whales, and Economics -- 3. Report from a Sea and Sky Outpost -- The Scene Ahead -- Notes |
| Summary |
From tracking elephant seals in the Atlantic to following flamingos in the Andes, Act III in Patagonia takes readers to the sites where real-life field science is taking place. It further illuminates the ecology of the region through a history that reaches from the time of the Tehuelche Indians known by Magellan, Drake, and Darwin to the present |
| Notes |
""Suggested Reading""""Index"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Animals -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
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Human-animal relationships -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
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Animals
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Human-animal relationships
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| SUBJECT |
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098624
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| Subject |
South America -- Patagonia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781597265898 |
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1597265896 |
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