Act III in Patagonia : People and wildlife /
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| Language: | English |
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Washington :
Island Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Shearwater book
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Table of Contents:
- Prelude. Counting Elephant Seals on Peninsula Valdés. Subplots and Stage Directions in Argentina. A Patagonia 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 Gigant 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 Billon 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.