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Penguins in the Desert / Eric Wagner.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wagner, Eric Loudon, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Magellanic penguin--Argentina--Tombo Point.
Magellanic penguin.
Tombo Point (Argentina).
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 online resource.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2018.
Summary:
Most of us wouldn't think to look for penguins in a hot desert, but every year along a windswept edge of coastal Patagonia, hundreds of thousands of Magellanic penguins gather to rear their young at Punta Tombo, Argentina.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Author's Note
Prologue. Penguins in the Desert
1. In Patagonia
2. The Point
3. Hurricane Dee
4. The Food Web
5. Hatch
6. Storm
7. Hunger
8. Watching Seabirds at Sea
9. Other People's Penguins
10. The Penguin Coast
11. Passages
12. The Giant Petrel
13. Waiting for Turbo
Epilogue. The Bleak Land
Acknowledgments
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-87071-927-0
OCLC:
1020305602

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