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Notebooks from New Guinea : field notes of a tropical biologist / Vojtech Novotny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Novotny, Vojtech, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecology--Papua New Guinea.
- Ecology.
- Butterflies--Papua New Guinea.
- Butterflies.
- Botany--Papua New Guinea.
- Botany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vojtech Novotny - a leading tropical biologist - is based in Papua New Guinea, one of the world's last wild frontiers. In this unique and engaging collection of notes and reflections, he brings to life with warmth and wisdom the place, the people, the doing of science deep in the jungle, and the curious antics of Westerners.
- Contents:
- Contents; A Note on the English Translation; By Way of Introduction; Island of a Thousand Tongues and a Wild, Wild Landscape; Old and New Customs of a Tribal Society; How to Do Science in Papua New Guinea; In Conclusion: Travel Report; About the author; About the translator; About the illustrator; Index
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04608-5
- 1-282-26865-1
- 9786612268656
- 0-19-156828-7
- OCLC:
- 437414430
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