John Thorbjarnarson, Xiaoming Wang

Gebundenes Buch

The Chinese Alligator

Ecology, Behavior, Conservation, and Culture

Beschreibung

Illustrated throughout and featuring the most up-to-date biological information available, this volume is a complete overview of the Chinese alligator, a conservation and cultural icon.

Autor

One of the world's most respected experts on crocodilians, John Thorbjarnarson was a senior conservation zoologist for the Wildlife Conservation Society during the writing and designing of this book. Dr. Thorbjarnarson was a tireless advocate for conservation, and it was during one of his many conservation-related trips in early 2010 that he contracted a fatal case of malaria. Xiaoming Wang is an expert on the Chinese alligator, a professor of biology at East China Normal University, director of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, and one of China's leading conservation biologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 185mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 743g
• ISBN-13: 9780801893483
• ISBN-10: 0801893488
• Artikelnr.: 28252497