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UNINA9910956157303321 |
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Autore |
Cunningham Carol |
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Titolo |
Horn of darkness : rhinos on the edge / / Carol Cunningham, Joel Berger |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770132-9 |
1-280-52924-5 |
9786610529247 |
0-19-535488-5 |
1-4294-1569-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Black rhinoceros |
Wildlife conservation - Africa |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; A Black Rhino Time Line; Map; I: YEAR OF THE MOPANE FLY [1991]; II: YEAR OF THE TSONGOLOLO [1992]; III: YEAR OF THE SCORPION [1993]; IV: YEAR OF THE HUMAN [1994]; Epilogue; Postscript; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The world's rhinoceroses face extinction because their horns are regarded as extremely valuable. Cunningham and Berger spent 3 years in the Namib desert studying Africa's last sizable group of rhinos, and struggling to find a way to conserve them. |
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