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The narrow edge : a tiny bird, an ancient crab, and an epic journey / Deborah Cramer.

LIBRA QL696.C48 C48 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cramer, Deborah, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Red knot--Migration--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.).
Red knot.
Shore birds--Migration--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.).
Shore birds.
Migratory birds--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.).
Migratory birds.
Limulus polyphemus--Ecology.
Limulus polyphemus.
Calidris--Ecology.
Calidris.
Human ecology.
Seashore ecology--Atlantic Coast (America).
Seashore ecology.
Climatic changes.
Red knot--Migration.
Shore birds--Migration.
Ecology.
Atlantic Ocean--Delaware Bay.
Physical Description:
viii, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Contents:
Beginnings
The "uttermost part of the earth" : Tierra del Fuego
When is the beginning of the end?
The urban bird and the resort : Río Gallegos and Las Grutas
Bay of plenty : Delaware Bay
Tenacity
Blue bloods
Counting
Lowcountry : South Carolina and other tidelands
Ghost trail : the Laguna Madre and the central flyway
Does losing one more bird matter?
The longest day : the Arctic
Returning south : James Bay, the Mingan Islands, and the Guianas
Heading home.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-276) and index.
ISBN:
0300185197
9780300185195
OCLC:
894310500
Publisher Number:
99962704341

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