Author: Francis HarperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Old World
Author: Francis HarperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Old World
Author: Francis HarperPublisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781343810426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere
Author: Glover Morrill AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, Vol. 11
Author: Glover M. AllenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365129998
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Excerpt from Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, Vol. 11: With the Marine Species of All the Oceans Dr. Francis Harper, of Philadelphia, under arrangements made by Dr. Phillips, undertook this work and devoted many months of care ful research to the preparation of material on the Old World mammals, treating in his report (as yet unpublished) about 400 forms. Dr. Allen made use of a special bibliography of references to literature collected by Dr. Harper, and with this as a basis prepared the present work on the New World and marine mammals, assembling much additional material to complete it. The harper-allen study could never have been brought to its present state of completion had it not been for the most generous financial assistance received in the form of gifts from many individual over a period of seven years, a special grant from the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society (1937, No. And a publi cation grant from the Boone and Crockett Club and the Conservation Committee of the New York Zoological Society. The American Committee takes this opportunity to express its gratitude to Dr. Allen and to Dr. Harper for their months of work in the preparation of material for reports on recently extinct and vanishing mammals of the world. We wish also to thank the forty financial contributors of information from many parts of the world. We are indebted further to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, whose famous library proved of inestimable assistance, and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, for the use Of its library and other facilities. Thanks are due also to Dr. John Eric Hill, of the American Museum of Natural History, for his contributions to Dr. Allen's volume, and to Mr. Paul H. Oehser, editor Of the United States National Museum, for the editorial supervision of this volume through the press and for the preparation of the index. The draw ings for the illustrations were made especially for this work by Mr. Earl L. Poole, of the Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
Author: GLOVER M. ALLENPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033570074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Nature's Ghosts
Author: Mark V. Barrow, Jr.Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226038157
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
The rapid growth of the American environmental movement in recent decades obscures the fact that long before the first Earth Day and the passage of the Endangered Species Act, naturalists and concerned citizens recognized—and worried about—the problem of human-caused extinction. As Mark V. Barrow reveals in Nature’s Ghosts, the threat of species loss has haunted Americans since the early days of the republic. From Thomas Jefferson’s day—when the fossil remains of such fantastic lost animals as the mastodon and the woolly mammoth were first reconstructed—through the pioneering conservation efforts of early naturalists like John James Audubon and John Muir, Barrow shows how Americans came to understand that it was not only possible for entire species to die out, but that humans themselves could be responsible for their extinction. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement and the preservation of such iconic creatures as the bald eagle, the California condor, and the whooping crane. A sweeping, beautifully illustrated historical narrative that unites the fascinating stories of endangered animals and the dedicated individuals who have studied and struggled to protect them, Nature’s Ghosts offers an unprecedented view of what we’ve lost—and a stark reminder of the hard work of preservation still ahead.
A Survey of the Vanishing Mammals and Birds of the Old World and North America, with Notes on Their Protection and Management
Author: Antoon de VosExtinct and Vanishing Animals : a Biology of Extinction and Survival
Author: Vinzenz ZiswilerExtinct and Vanishing Animals
Author: Vinzenz ZiswilerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461569915
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In the limited scope of this book I wish to present a brief review of the progressive destruction of nature, particularly in the domain of animal life, and at the same time to ill- trate some of the possibilities by BIII: - Ion-.--------------, which man can prevent this de- 3 ---------- f_4 struction. As the mightiest creation of na- 2,51-______ a _ ___ L...-_j ture, man extends his influence into all of nature's provinces and in- 2 1--- - -------1---; habits all zones of the earth., 51----------1'------1 Civilization and technology, ulti mate consequences of his unique 1 cerebral development, have pro moted man to this position of O >, I, ., oo-="'------------I power. An enormous population increase in recent centuries has 1850 1100 1700 1800 1BIIO 1800 .110.2000 made him one of the most numer An ous of all animal forms. A com h parison of the alarming climb of 5 earth's population curve (Fig. la) -,"0 with the graphical representation r-- of exterminated animal species 30 r- (Fig. Ib) establishes a striking conformity. The steeper the human 20 r-- population curve climbs, the higher 10- stretch the bars representing the h -r-- number of exterminated animal 1650 1700 17150 1800 18SO 1900 19SO 2000 species.
The Road to Extinction
Author: Richard FitterPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782880329297
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description