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UNINA9910467781803321 |
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Garrigues Richard |
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Photo guide to birds of Costa Rica / / Richard Garrigues |
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Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Zona Tropical Publication : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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ZONA TROPICAL PUBLICATIONS |
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Birds - Costa Rica |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Map of Costa Rica -- Anatomical Features -- Glossary -- Species Accounts and Photographs -- Photo Credits -- Species Index -- About the Author |
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Few ecosystem destinations are as abundant in their biodiversity as Costa Rica. Having the right field guides in hand can make all the difference when you're enjoying the country's birdlife. Photo Guide to Birds of Costa Rica, which features 549 excellent photographs, is designed to be equally useful for two distinct sets of readers. First are birders new to birding-or new to birding in Costa Rica-who want a guide to the birds that one is most likely to see, as well as to a few of the rarer species that one would hope to encounter. It treats more than 40 percent (365) of the species known from Costa Rica but is a guide to at least 75 percent of the birds commonly seen in a week or so of birding. The book will also be welcomed by experienced birders in search of a companion volume to The Birds of Costa Rica, second edition, an illustrated guide to all the birds of Costa Rica. The photographs in the species accounts in Photo Guide to Birds of Costa Rica are accompanied by names, measurements, field marks, habitat and behavior, voice, status and distribution, and range maps. |
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UNINA9910781138103321 |
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Autore |
Falola Toyin |
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Hot spot : Sub-Saharan Africa / / Toyin Falola and Adebayo O. Oyebade |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood, , c2010 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024 |
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979-84-00-66648-3 |
1-282-96357-0 |
9786612963575 |
0-313-35972-5 |
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1 online resource (xxiii, 200 pages) : maps |
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Ethnic conflict - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Political stability - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Political violence - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Brief Historical Overview""""Ethnicity, Politics, and Conflict""; ""The Military in Politics""; ""Minority Uprising and Communal Violence""; ""The Crisis of Governance""; ""Chapter 4: Southern Africa""; ""Southern Africa and Conflict in Historical Perspective""; ""White Minority Regimes and Liberation Struggle: Rhodesia and South West Africa""; ""Racial Oppression and Violent Resistance in South Africa""; ""Civil Wars in Angola and Mozambique""; ""The Cold War, South Africa, and Regional Conflict""; ""Chapter 5: East Africa and the Great Lakes Region""; ""Ethiopia�s Wars and Red Terror"" |
""Eritrea""""Somalia: A Failed State""; ""Piracy in the Horn""; ""Civil Wars in Sudan""; ""Terrorism""; ""Uganda""; ""Conflicts in the Great Lakes: Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo""; ""Appendix: Independence Dates for African States""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security. This work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and developmen |
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