LEADER 05400nam 22006494a 450 001 9910956320403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781597265898 010 $a1597265896 010 $a9781429495141 010 $a1429495146 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477567 035 $a(OCoLC)133160887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10149923 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126380 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10114726 035 $a(PQKB)10073306 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3317381 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10149923 035 $a(OCoLC)923186971 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3317381 035 $a(Perlego)3284000 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477567 100 $a20050127d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAct III in Patagonia $epeople and wildlife /$fWilliam Conway 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington $cIsland Press/Shearwater Books$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781559635189 311 08$a1559635185 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-326) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Epigraph -- Introduction -- Prelude -- Counting Elephant Seals on Peninsula Valdes -- Subplots and Stage Directions in Argentina -- A Patagonian Conservationist in the Campo -- Act I: 12,000 Years in Patagonia -- Act II: Hunting's High Tide -- Act III: The Road to Conservation -- STEPPE AND ALTIPLANO -- 1. The Camel and the Sheep -- 2. Mr. Darwin's Ostrich and the Green-Egged Martineta -- 3. A Giant Monogamous Mouse -- 4. The Parrot Metropolis of Rio Negro -- 5. The Tortoise and the Bus Driver -- 6. The Condor, the Puma, the Fox, and the Aliens -- 7. The Altiplano and the Flamingos -- 8. A Once and Future Patagonian Steppe -- COASTAL CHRONICLES -- 1. The Doctor and the Sea Lions -- 2. Incredibly Deep-Diving Super Seal -- 3. Adventures of a Billion Dollar Bird -- 4. Penguin Lives and Principles -- 5. The Critical Colony -- 6. Plans for Coast and Sea -- SEA AND SKY -- 1. The Toothfish, the Hake, and the Squid -- 2. Orcas, Right Whales, and Economics -- 3. Report from a Sea and Sky Outpost -- The Scene Ahead -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index. 330 8 $aPatagonia. The name connotes the exotic and a distance that seems nearly mythical. Tucked toward the toe of South America, this largely unsettled landscape is among the most varied and breathtaking in the world-aching in its beauty as it sweeps from the Andes through broad, arid steppes to pristine beaches and down to a famously violent sea. It is also home to a vast array of rare wildlife as diverse and fascinating as the region itself. Act III in Patagonia is the first book to take an in-depth look at wildlife and human interaction in this spectacular area of the world. Written by William Conway, former president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, the book is unique in its concentration on the long Patagonian shoreline--populated by colorful cormorants, penguins, elephant seals, dolphins, sea lions, and numerous species of whale--and an increasing number of human beings. Threatened by overfishing, invasive species, artificially abundant predators, and overgrazing, the Southern Cone of Patagonia is now the scene of a little-known conservation drama distinguished by the efforts of a dedicated group of local and foreign scientists determined to save one of the Earth's least-inhabited places. From tracking elephant seals in the Atlantic to following flamingos in the Andes, Act III in Patagonia takes readers to the sites where real-life field science is taking place. It further illuminates the ecology of the region through a history that reaches from the time of the Tehuelche Indians known by Magellan, Drake, and Darwin to the present. Conway has helped to establish more than a dozen wildlife reserves in South America and is thus able not only to tell Patagonia's history, but to address its future. 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