Witness to extinction : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin /
The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic story, for the baiji was a unique and beautiful creature that features in many Chinese legends and folk tales. The Goddess of the...
| Основен автор: | Turvey, Sam. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=298463 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Witness to extinction. |
| Резюме: |
The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic story, for the baiji was a unique and beautiful creature that features in many Chinese legends and folk tales. The Goddess of the Yangtze, as it was known, was also the lone representative of an entire and ancient branch of the Tree of Life. But perhaps the greater tragedy is that its status as one of the world'smost threatened mammals had been widely recognized, yet despite wide publicity virtually no international funds beca. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191563591 0191563595 |