A desert calling [[electronic resource] ] : life in a forbidding landscape / / Michael A. Mares |
Autore | Mares Michael A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.1754 |
Soggetto topico |
Mammals
Desert animals Biology - Fieldwork |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-04058-9 |
Classificazione | WI 5150 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- 1. The Search for Undiscovered Life -- 2. The Immortal Animals -- 3. Elfin Farmers and Cactophylic Carpenters -- 4. Darkness and the Cave of the Jaguar -- 5. The Winding Path to Field Biology -- 6. The Desert at the Bottom of the World -- 7. Different Actors, Different Scripts -- 8. Desert in the Sky -- 9. The Vampire and the Phantoms of All Hallows' Eve -- 10. Land of the Shah -- 11. Impenetrable Land of Thorns -- 12. The Devil's Town -- 13. In the Shadow of the Pyramids -- 14. Naming the Anonymous -- 15. From Howling Wolf Mice to Fairy Armadillos -- 16. Aridity's Cornucopia -- 17. Life in the Desert of Salt -- 18. Land of Diamonds -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Scientific and Common Names of Species Mentioned in the Text, by Region and Major Category -- Selected Readings -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454838703321 |
Mares Michael A
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A desert calling [[electronic resource] ] : life in a forbidding landscape / / Michael A. Mares |
Autore | Mares Michael A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.1754 |
Soggetto topico |
Mammals
Desert animals Biology - Fieldwork |
ISBN | 0-674-04058-9 |
Classificazione | WI 5150 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- 1. The Search for Undiscovered Life -- 2. The Immortal Animals -- 3. Elfin Farmers and Cactophylic Carpenters -- 4. Darkness and the Cave of the Jaguar -- 5. The Winding Path to Field Biology -- 6. The Desert at the Bottom of the World -- 7. Different Actors, Different Scripts -- 8. Desert in the Sky -- 9. The Vampire and the Phantoms of All Hallows' Eve -- 10. Land of the Shah -- 11. Impenetrable Land of Thorns -- 12. The Devil's Town -- 13. In the Shadow of the Pyramids -- 14. Naming the Anonymous -- 15. From Howling Wolf Mice to Fairy Armadillos -- 16. Aridity's Cornucopia -- 17. Life in the Desert of Salt -- 18. Land of Diamonds -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Scientific and Common Names of Species Mentioned in the Text, by Region and Major Category -- Selected Readings -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778196103321 |
Mares Michael A
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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