Endangered animals [electronic resource]
Hoare, Ben2013
Book
Abstract: There are thousands of endangered animals across the world - not only in far away climates, but in our own backyards as well. Eyewitness Endangered Animals covers a variety of these creatures at risk, from snow leopards to golden toads, explains why they are dying out, what we can do to save them, and much, much more!
Main title:
Endangered animals [electronic resource] / written by Ben Hoare and Tom Jackson.
Work:
Imprint:
New York [N.Y.] : DK Pub., 2010 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2013.)
Collation:
1 online resource (323 entries) : 230 images, digital files.
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Notes:
At head of title: Eyewitness.Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 72 p. : col. ill., col. maps
Contents:
Wildlife under threat -- What is a species? -- Adapting and survival -- The variety of life -- Links in the chain -- Measuring risk -- Watching animals in action -- Going, going, gone -- Lost and found -- Boom and bust -- The rise of humans -- The impact of farming -- A world without bees? -- Crowded out -- Damaged landscapes -- Climate change -- Global amphibian decline -- Rivers in crisis -- Polluted world -- Wildlife for sale -- Sharks in peril -- Alien invaders -- Fighting back -- Saving habitats -- Captive breeding -- California condor -- Grassroots conservation -- Living with the relatives -- The future -- Species at risk -- Timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
0756668832 (hardcover)9780756668839 (hardcover)9781782683452 (online)
Dewey class:
591.68
LC class:
QL83
Language:
English
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BRN:
502358
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