Author: Charles Carlisle Sperry
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Food Habits of a Group of Shore Birds
Author: Charles Carlisle Sperry
Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Management of Migratory Shore and Upland Game Birds in North America
Author: Glen C. Sanderson
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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The Narrow Edge
Author: Deborah Cramer
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300185197
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Thousands of ravenous tiny shorebirds race along the water's edge of Delaware Bay, feasting on pin-sized horseshoe-crab eggs. Fueled by millions of eggs, the migrating red knots fly on. When they arrive at last in their arctic breeding grounds, they will have completed a near-miraculous 9,000-mile journey that began in Tierra del Fuego. Deborah Cramer followed these knots, whose numbers have declined by 75 percent, on their extraordinary odyssey from one end of the earth to the other—from an isolated beach at the tip of South America all the way to the icy tundra. In her firsthand account, she explores how diminishing a single stopover can compromise the birds' entire journey, and how the loss of horseshoe crabs—ancient animals that come ashore but once a year—threatens not only the survival of red knots but also human well-being: the unparalleled ability of horseshoe-crab blood to detect harmful bacteria in vaccines, medical devices, and intravenous drugs safeguards human health. Cramer offers unique insight into how, on an increasingly fragile and congested shore, the lives of red knots, horseshoe crabs, and humans are intertwined. She eloquently portrays the tenacity of small birds and the courage of many people who, bird by bird and beach by beach, keep red knots flying.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300185197
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Thousands of ravenous tiny shorebirds race along the water's edge of Delaware Bay, feasting on pin-sized horseshoe-crab eggs. Fueled by millions of eggs, the migrating red knots fly on. When they arrive at last in their arctic breeding grounds, they will have completed a near-miraculous 9,000-mile journey that began in Tierra del Fuego. Deborah Cramer followed these knots, whose numbers have declined by 75 percent, on their extraordinary odyssey from one end of the earth to the other—from an isolated beach at the tip of South America all the way to the icy tundra. In her firsthand account, she explores how diminishing a single stopover can compromise the birds' entire journey, and how the loss of horseshoe crabs—ancient animals that come ashore but once a year—threatens not only the survival of red knots but also human well-being: the unparalleled ability of horseshoe-crab blood to detect harmful bacteria in vaccines, medical devices, and intravenous drugs safeguards human health. Cramer offers unique insight into how, on an increasingly fragile and congested shore, the lives of red knots, horseshoe crabs, and humans are intertwined. She eloquently portrays the tenacity of small birds and the courage of many people who, bird by bird and beach by beach, keep red knots flying.
Wildlife Research Bulletin
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Publisher:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Wildlife Abstracts
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Shorebirds in Action
Author: Richard Chandler
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849953559
Category : Shore birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A copiously illustrated account by an acknowledged expert of all the major aspects of the fascinating lives of shorebirds. This is a unique collection of photographs covering 80% of the world's species illustrating the many and varied aspects of shorebirds' behaviour.
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849953559
Category : Shore birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A copiously illustrated account by an acknowledged expert of all the major aspects of the fascinating lives of shorebirds. This is a unique collection of photographs covering 80% of the world's species illustrating the many and varied aspects of shorebirds' behaviour.
Experiment Station Record
Author: United States. Office of Experiment Stations
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Farmers' Bulletin
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Experiment Station Work
Author: U.S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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FARMERS' BULLETINS Nos. 476-500, WITH CONTENTS AND INDEX
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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