Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world
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Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
ISBN
9780226366265, 022636626X
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xxi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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Published
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780226366265, 022636626X
UPC
40028385180

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"On the Tibetan Plateau, there are wild yaks with blood cells thinner than those of horses' by half, enabling the endangered yaks to survive at 40 below zero and in the lowest oxygen levels of the mountaintops. But climate change is causing the snow patterns here to shift, and with the snows, the entire ecosystem. Food and water are vaporizing in this warming environment, and these beasts of ice and thin air are extraordinarily ill-equipped for the change. A journey into some of the most forbidding landscapes on earth, [this book] is an eye-opening, steely look at what it takes for animals like these to live at the edges of existence. But more than this, it is a revealing exploration of how climate change and people are affecting even the most far-flung niches of our planet." -- From Amazon.com summary.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Berger, J. (2018). Extreme conservation: life at the edges of the world . The University of Chicago Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Berger, Joel. 2018. Extreme Conservation: Life At the Edges of the World. The University of Chicago Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Berger, Joel. Extreme Conservation: Life At the Edges of the World The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Berger, Joel. Extreme Conservation: Life At the Edges of the World The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

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