Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stearns, S. C. (Stephen C.), 1946-

Description

1. xv, 269 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm

Summary

1. "In this book, Beverly and Stephen Stearns tell the stories of people who have worked directly with disappearing species in Europe, Africa, North America, and Oceania. They are stories of passion and commitment, of competence and selflessness. They are also stories that alarm, for even as unheralded heroes are working to reverse what often seems to be a species' inevitable march toward extinction, incompetent or self-interested parties are often working against them."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Extinction (Biology) > Case studies
2. Endangered species > Case studies
3. Nature conservation > Case studies
4. Endangered species
5. Extinction (Biology)
6. Nature conservation
7. Artenschutz
8. Artensterben
9. Aussterben
10. Fallstudiensammlung
11. Aussterben
12. Artenschutz
13. Artensterben
14. Fallstudiensammlung

Genre/Form

1. Case studies.

Contents

1. 1. Extinctions in Perspective -- 2. Empty Shells -- 3. As the Hawaiian Crow Flies ... -- 4. Darwin, Ulysse, Rousseau -- and Brutus, Too? -- 5. Britain's Large Blue: A Star Is Reborn -- 6. Monachus Monachus, in Retreat -- 7. Introducing the Nile Perch -- 8. Handle with Care: A Wild Dog Story -- 9. SOS for a Salamander and Its Springs -- 10. Islands of the Living Dead -- 11. The Echo of Their Song -- 12. Watching, from the Edge of Extinction -- The Tropical Biology Association.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.