Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world / Joel Berger.
Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world / Joel Berger.
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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G 2018/4949
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
At the intersection of continents : Beringia's silent bestiary -- Motherless children in black and white -- Before now -- Beyond Arctic wind -- Where worlds collide -- Muskoxen in ice -- When the snow turns to rain -- Sentinels of Tibetan plateau -- Below the margins of glaciers -- The ethereal yak...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"On the Tibetan Plateau, there are wild yaks with blood cells thinner than those of horses' by half, enabling the endangered yaks to survive at 40 below zero and in the lowest oxygen levels of the mountaintops. But climate change is causing the snow patterns here to shift, and with the snows, the entire ecosystem. Food and water are vaporizing in t...
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Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world / Joel Berger.
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Life at the edges of the world
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/4949
Record Identifier
74VKV82kX0Qd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV82kX0Qd
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ISBN
9780226366265 hardcover ; alkaline paper
022636626X hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
304.25
MMS ID
991024186015802626
