LEADER 02842nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910778324903321 005 20230721022518.0 010 $a1-383-04608-5 010 $a1-282-26865-1 010 $a9786612268656 010 $a0-19-156828-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788809 035 $a(EBL)472076 035 $a(OCoLC)437414430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212392 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184572 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212392 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137413 035 $a(PQKB)11399656 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472076 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329650 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226865 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472076 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788809 100 $a20090204d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNotebooks from New Guinea$b[electronic resource] $efield notes of a tropical biologist /$fVojtech Novotny ; translated from the Czech by David Short ; illustrated by Benson Avea Bego 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-960964-0 311 $a0-19-956165-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; A Note on the English Translation; By Way of Introduction; Island of a Thousand Tongues and a Wild, Wild Landscape; Old and New Customs of a Tribal Society; How to Do Science in Papua New Guinea; In Conclusion: Travel Report; About the author; About the translator; About the illustrator; Index 330 $aThis is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world. Vojtech Novotny is a highly respected Czech scientist. His widely cited work, of profound importance to ecology and evolution, is not done, like much modern science, in a lab full of gleaming apparatus. Instead, he chose as his 'laboratory' the remotest parts of Papua New Guinea, where he has established a research station. Supported bya team of Papuans whom he has trained up so that they can combine their wide and intimate knowledge of the plants 606 $aEcology$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aButterflies$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aPlants$zPapua New Guinea 615 0$aEcology 615 0$aButterflies 615 0$aPlants 676 $a577.09953 676 $a578.09953 700 $aNovotny$b Vojtech$01480764 701 $aShort$b David$0345732 702 $aBego$bBenson Avea 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778324903321 996 $aNotebooks from New Guinea$93854356 997 $aUNINA