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Stinging trees & wait-a-whiles : confessions of a rainforest biologist / William Laurance.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laurance, William F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecology--Fieldwork--Australia--Millaa Millaa (Qld.)--Anecdotes.
- Ecology.
- Australia.
- Millaa Millaa (Qld.).
- Laurance, William F.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Stinging trees and wait-a-whiles
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- A biologist records the time he spent in a remote area of Australia's tropical rainforest, and his run-ins with plant, animal, and human species alike. Photos and illustrations.
- Contents:
- 1. Assault from Above 3
- 2. Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles 17
- 3. Friendly Leeches 31
- 4. The Mystery of the Day-Glo Rats 45
- 5. Invasion of Millaa Millaa 53
- 6. Rainforest Politics 63
- 7. Gone Troppo 73
- 8. The Higher-Mammal Crew 81
- 9. Something's in the Bathtub 89
- 10. Old Harry 97
- 11. The Wet Season 105
- 12. Jenny 115
- 13. The World Heritage Controversy 123
- 14. Joh Starts His Run 131
- 15. Right in the Thick of It 137
- 16. The Rat Trials 143
- 17. Guerilla Warfare 151
- 18. New Guinea 159
- 19. Missionaries, Mercenaries, and Misfits 165
- 20. The Togobas 171
- 21. Return to Oz 179
- Rainforest Conservation Organizations 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-196).
- ISBN:
- 0226468968
- OCLC:
- 43245538
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