Witness to extinction : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin / Samuel Turvey.
Witness to extinction : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin / Samuel Turvey.
Witness to extinction : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin / Samuel Turvey.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N333.95953/1
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English
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xii, 234 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Goddess of the Yangtze -- 2. The Amazon of the East -- 3. The Aquatic Panda -- 4. East Meets West -- 5. The Rarest Animal in the World -- 6. The Politics of Extinction -- 7. End Game -- 8. The Hunting of the Snark -- 9. The Golden Channel -- 10. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishing -- 11....
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Samuel Turvey is a biologist and palaeontologist - one of the dynamic new wave of passionate conservationists. Hearing of the plight of the baiji on a visit to China to study fossils, he quickly became drawn into the effort to save it. He was actively involved in the final phases of the story, and took part in the survey up and down the Yangtze in...
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Witness to extinction : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin / Samuel Turvey.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
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N333.95953/1
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74Vvp22Glyxb
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ISBN
0199549478
9780199549474
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333.9595380951
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991005116409702626
