The man who saved sea turtles : Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology /
Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century and champion of endangered sea turtles, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. This book documents...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chronology
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Parallel Paths in Nature
- 3 Dear Dr. Barbour
- 4 Exploring Tropical Ecology in Honduras
- 5 Study and Conservation of Sea Turtles
- 6 The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles
- 7 In Africa on Ulendo
- 8 “And for the Turtles!�: International Conservation Efforts
- 9 Further Results of Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Biology
- 10 Home to Florida
- 11 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
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