Paul A Johnsgard

Sandhill and Whooping Cranes

Ancient Voices Over America's Wetlands

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Produktbeschreibung

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln. He is the author of more than fifty books on natural history, including Crane Music: A Natural History of American Cranes and Those of the Gray Wind: The Sandhill Cranes, both available in Bison Books editions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 141mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780803234963
• ISBN-10: 0803234961
• Artikelnr.: 32738583

Autorenporträt

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of more than fifty books on natural history, including Crane Music: A Natural History of American Cranes and Those of the Gray Wind: The Sandhill Cranes, both available in Bison Books editions.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations  
List of Maps     
Preface    
Acknowledgments  
Chapter 1: Lesser Sandhill Cranes: Pleistocene Relicts from the Tundra 
Chapter 2: The Other Sandhills: From Sedge Bogs to Palm Savannas 
Chapter 3: The Whooping Crane: Still Surviving Despite the Odds  
Chapter 4: Our Cranes and Their Fragile Futures
Appendix: Crane Viewing Sites in the United States and Canada    
References 
Suggested Reading
Online Sources of Information on Cranes  
Index