Condor to the brink and back--the life and times of one giant bird
Provides an account of the successful efforts to save the condor from extinction, discussing disputes between scientists, farmers, developers, bird lovers, and bureaucrats over whether and how the continent's largest flying land bird should be saved, and describing the government's decision in the 1...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper Perennial,
2007, ©2006.
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| Edition: | 1st Harper Perennial ed. |
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| Summary: | Provides an account of the successful efforts to save the condor from extinction, discussing disputes between scientists, farmers, developers, bird lovers, and bureaucrats over whether and how the continent's largest flying land bird should be saved, and describing the government's decision in the 1980s to place the last remaining wild condors in zoo breeding program. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 257 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257). |
| ISBN: | 9780060088637 006008863X |
