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A Chorus of Cranes The Cranes of North America and the World / Paul A. Johnsgard ; with photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen ; drawings and supplementary photos by P.A. Johnsgard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnsgard, Paul A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whooping crane--Pictorial works.
- Whooping crane.
- Whooping crane--North America.
- Sandhill crane--Pictorial works.
- Sandhill crane.
- Sandhill crane--North America.
- Cranes (Birds)--Pictorial works.
- Cranes (Birds).
- Cranes (Birds)--North America.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Accompanied by the stunning photography of Mangelsen, Johnsgard details the natural history, biology and conservation issues surrounding the abundant sandhill crane and the endangered whopping crane in North America"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Crane magic
- The north american cranes
- The sandhill crane
- A brief history of the species
- Seasons of the sandhill crane
- A congruence of cranes
- A teton summer
- An arctic diaspora
- An autumnal hegira
- Recent sandhill crane populations
- The whooping crane
- The year of the whooping crane
- The winter season
- The spring migration
- The breeding grounds
- The long journey south
- Whooping crane restoration efforts
- The sandhill crane cross-fostering experiment
- Restoration efforts in florida
- Restoration efforts in louisiana
- Operation migration and the eastern migratory flock
- Recent population trends in the wood buffalo-aransas flock
- Can whooping cranes survive in a twenty-first-century america?
- The other cranes of the world
- Black crowned crane
- Gray crowned crane
- Siberian crane
- Wattled crane
- Blue crane
- Demoiselle crane
- Australian crane
- Sarus crane
- White-naped crane
- Red-crowned crane
- Hooded crane
- Black-necked crane
- Eurasian crane
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781457196300
- 1457196301
- 9781607324379
- 1607324377
- OCLC:
- 921122551
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