Otters [[electronic resource] ] : Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450907203321
• Autore: Kruuk Hans
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-90383-X; 0-19-151372-5; 1-4294-7018-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.769
• Soggetti: Otters; Vertebrates; Zoology; Health & Biological Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Otter ecology and its background; 2 Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world: some natural history; 3 Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology; 4 Habitats; 5 Groups and loners: social organization; 6 Scent marking and interactions: social behaviour; 7 Diet; 8 Resources: about fish and other prey; 9 Otters fishing: hunting behaviour and strategies; 10 Thermo-insulation: a limiting factor; 11 Populations, recruitment and competition; 12 Survival and mortality; 13 Syntheses: challenges to otter survival; 14 Otters, people and conservation; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to conservationists worldwide. There is a real need for an affordable, well illustrated and appealing text that also contains substantial factual information. This book will build on the reputation of Kruuk's landmark monograph of the European Otter (Wild Otters) published by OUP in 1995. Furthermore, its broader scope to include all otter species should lead to a deeper synthesis that will greatly. expand ; the book's overall relevance and potential readership. - ;Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of

Fight pictures [[electronic resource] ] : a history of boxing and early cinema / / Dan Streible

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780640603321
• Autore: Streible Dan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-36021-3; 9786612360213; 0-520-94058-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6579
• Soggetti: Boxing films - United States - History and criticism; Motion pictures - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-367) and index.; Includes filmography: p. 291-303.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Preliminaries: History, Prizefighting, Early Cinema -- 1. The Sporting and Theatrical Syndicate: Boxing Pictures and the Origins of Cinema, 1891-1896 -- 2. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight: Women at the Veriscope, 1897 -- 3. Under the Lights: Filming Ringside in the Jim Jeffries Era, 1899-1904 -- 4. Fake Fight Films: S. Lubin of Philadelphia, 1897-1908 -- 5. Fight Pictures in the Nickelodeon Era: Miles Bros. of New York & San Francisco, 1905-1912 -- 6. Jack Johnson Films: Black Exhibition and White Suppression, 1908-1910 -- 7. Jack Johnson's Decline: The Prizefight Film Ban, 1911-1915 -- 8. Bootlegging The Clandestine Traffic in Fight Pictures, 1916-1940 -- Filmography -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first filmed prizefight, Veriscope's Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) became one of cinema's first major attractions, ushering in an era in which hugely successful boxing films helped transform a ; stigmatized sport into legitimate entertainment. Exploring a significant and fascinating period in the development of modern sports and media, Fight Pictures is the first work to chronicle the mostly forgotten story of how legitimate bouts, fake fights, comic sparring matches, and more came to silent-era screens and became part of American popular culture.