Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world /: life at the edges of the world. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joel Berger.
• Authors: Berger, Joel
• Contents: At the intersection of continents : Beringia's silent bestiary -- Motherless children in black and white -- Before now -- Beyond Arctic wind -- Where worlds collide -- Muskoxen in ice -- When the snow turns to rain -- Sentinels of Ttibetan plateau -- Below the margins of glaciers -- The ethereal yak -- Birthplace of angry gods -- Gobi ghosts, Himalayan shadows -- Counting for conservation -- To kill a saiga -- Victims of fashion -- In the valley of Takin -- Pavilions where snow dragons hide -- Adapt, move, or die -- The struggle for existence -- A postapocalyptic world: Vrangel -- Nyima.
• Publisher Details: Chicago London : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.2/5; Science -- General; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Climatic changes; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change; Climatic changes; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; NATURE / Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Nature -- Endangered Species; Travel -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226366432
• Related ISBNs: 022636643X; 9780226366265; 022636626X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 30, 2018).
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