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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822659203321

Titolo

Into the night : tales of nocturnal wildlife expeditions / / edited by Rick A. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2013

ISBN

1-4920-0048-5

1-60732-270-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Classificazione

NAT024000SCI008000

Altri autori (Persone)

AdamsRick A (Rick Alan)

Disciplina

591.5/18

Soggetti

Biologists

Biology - Fieldwork

Natural history - Fieldwork

Naturalists

Nocturnal animals

Scientific expeditions

Wildlife watching

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface / Rick A. Adams -- Waiting for Long-eared Owls / Stephen R. Jones -- African Nights Among Fruit Bats, Fig Trees, and Elephants / Frank J. Bonaccorso -- Undersea at Night in Darwin's Galapagos / Christina Allen -- Rocky Mountain Nights / Rick A. Adams -- Nights along the Equator / Ann Kohlhaas -- Do Not Go Gentle into that Tropical Night / Lee Dyer -- Nights: from south to north, hot to cold / James C. Halfpenny -- Volcanoes & Fruitbats : Fear & Loafing on Montserrat / Scott C. Pedersen.

Sommario/riassunto

"This entertaining collection of essays from professional scientists and naturalists provides an enlightening look at the lives of field biologists with a passion for the hidden world of nocturnal wildlife. Into the Night explores the harrowing, fascinating, amusing, and largely unheard personal experiences of scientists willing to forsake the safety of daylight to document the natural history of these uniquely adapted animals. Contributors tell of confronting North American bears, cougars, and rattlesnakes; suffering red ctenid spider bites in the



tropical rain forest; swimming through layers of feeding-frenzied hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos; evading the wrath of African bull elephants in South Africa; and delighting in the curious and gentle nature of foxes and unconditional acceptance by a family of owls. They describe "fire in the sky" across a treeless tundra, a sea ablaze with bioluminescent algae, nighttime earthquakes on the Pacific Rim, and hurricanes and erupting volcanoes on a Caribbean island. Into the Night reveals rare and unexpected insights into nocturnal field research, illuminating experiences, discoveries, and challenges faced by intrepid biologists studying nature's nightly marvels across the globe. This volume will be of interest to scientists and general readers alike"--