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Wild again : the struggle to save the black-footed ferret / / David Jachowski



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Autore: Jachowski David <1977-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Wild again : the struggle to save the black-footed ferret / / David Jachowski Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina: 599.76/629
Soggetto topico: Black-footed ferret - Conservation - United States
Soggetto non controllato: american conservation
animals
black footed ferret
conservation biology
conservation efforts
conservation ethics
conservation in the west
creatures
ecological challenges
endangered species act
extinction
feared extinct
ferrets
great plains
intensive captive breeding
natural habitat
north america
north american wildlife
personal account
political challenges
rarest mammals
recovery efforts
reintroduction into the wild
save the animals
social challenges
wildlife conservaton
wildlife
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Pleistocene to Anthropocene -- 2. Decline toward Extinction -- 3. Rediscovery -- 4. Captive Breeding -- 5. Fall -- 6. Winter -- 7. Spring -- 8. Summer -- 9. Chihuahua -- 10. Conata Basin -- 11. Plague -- 12. Kansas -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Further Readings -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This engaging personal account of one of America's most contested wildlife conservation campaigns has as its central character the black-footed ferret. Once feared extinct, and still one of North America's rarest mammals, the black-footed ferret exemplifies the ecological, social, and political challenges of conservation in the West, including the risks involved with intensive captive breeding and reintroduction to natural habitat. David Jachowski draws on more than a decade of experience working to save the ferret. His unique perspective and informative anecdotes reveal the scientific and human aspects of conservation as well as the immense dedication required to protect a species on the edge of extinction. By telling one story of conservation biology in practice-its routine work, triumphs, challenges, and inevitable conflicts-this book gives readers a greater understanding of the conservation ethic that emerged on the Great Plains as part of one of the most remarkable recovery efforts in the history of the Endangered Species Act.
Titolo autorizzato: Wild again  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95816-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813514803321
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