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| Title: | Facing extinction : the world's rarest birds and the race to save them / |
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| Database Name: | WorldCat |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul F Donald |
| ISBN: | 9781408139080; 1408139081; 9781408139097; 140813909X; 9781472597663; 1472597664; 1282960466; 9781282960466; 9786612960468; 6612960469 |
| Notes: | Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index. Content: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The nature of rarity and the rarity of nature; 2. The distribution and causes of rarity; 3. Sociable Lapwing: Vanellus gregarius; 4. Spoon-billed Sandpiper: Eurynorhynchus pygmeus; 5. Brazilian Merganser: Mergus octosetaceus; 6. Royal Cinclodes: Cinclodes aricomae; 7. Bengal Florican: Houbaropsis bengalensis; 8. Liben Lark: Heteromirafra sidamoensis; 9. Yellow-crested Cockatoo: Cacatua sulphurea; 10. Rarity and extinction on islands; 11. Stephens Island Wren: Xenicus (Traversia) lyalli; 12. Tristan Albatross: Diomedea dabbenena. Content: 13. Raso Lark: Alauda razae14. Po'ouli: Melamprosops phaeosoma; 15. Saving the world's rarest birds; 16. Kakapo: Strigops habroptila; 17. Asian vultures: Gyps bengalensis, G. tenuirostris, G. indicus; 18. Philippine Eagle: Pithecophaga jefferyi; 19. Alagoas Curassow: Mitu mitu; 20. Spix's macaw: Cyanopsitta spixii; 21. Madagascar Pochard: Aythya innotata; 22. The lost and the found; 23. Gurney's Pitta: Pitta gurneyi; 24. Forest Owlet: Heteroglaux blewitti; 25. Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris and Eskimo Curlew N. borealis; 26. Rarity and extinction in the future; References; Index. Content: Ab; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; x; y; z. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The nature of rarity and the rarity of nature; 2. The distribution and causes of rarity; 3. Sociable Lapwing: Vanellus gregarius; 4. Spoon-billed Sandpiper: Eurynorhynchus pygmeus; 5. Brazilian Merganser: Mergus octosetaceus; 6. Royal Cinclodes: Cinclodes aricomae; 7. Bengal Florican: Houbaropsis bengalensis; 8. Liben Lark: Heteromirafra sidamoensis; 9. Yellow-crested Cockatoo: Cacatua sulphurea; 10. Rarity and extinction on islands; 11. Stephens Island Wren: Xenicus (Traversia) lyalli; 12. Tristan Albatross: Diomedea dabbenena.; 13. Raso Lark: Alauda razae14. Po'ouli: Melamprosops phaeosoma; 15. Saving the world's rarest birds; 16. Kakapo: Strigops habroptila; 17. Asian vultures: Gyps bengalensis, G. tenuirostris, G. indicus; 18. Philippine Eagle: Pithecophaga jefferyi; 19. Alagoas Curassow: Mitu mitu; 20. Spix's macaw: Cyanopsitta spixii; 21. Madagascar Pochard: Aythya innotata; 22. The lost and the found; 23. Gurney's Pitta: Pitta gurneyi; 24. Forest Owlet: Heteroglaux blewitti; 25. Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris and Eskimo Curlew N. borealis; 26. Rarity and extinction in the future; References; Index.; Ab; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; x; y; z. |
| Responsibility: | Paul F. Donald [and others]. |
| Genre/Form: | Electronic books. |
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Facing extinction. London : T & AD Poyser, 2010 (OCoLC)615861003 |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Year: | 2010. |
| Publisher: | London : T & AD Poyser, |
| Standard Numbers: | Stock no: 296046; National Library: 015550807; National Library: 018817916 |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: QL676.7; Dewey No.: 598.138 |
| OCLC No.: | 701052767 |
Abstract:
An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.
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