Pygmy Hippo Story - West Africa''s Enigma of the Rainforest

Zusatztext This book, written by Phillip T. Robinson, Gabriella L. Flacke and Knut M. Hentschel is the first monograph of West Africa's enigma of the rainforest. It presents the most comprehensive description of this species...Hopefully the book will help to raise interest in these forests and the enigmatic...pygmy hippos living in them! Informationen zum Autor Philip T. Robinson, MS, DVM, DACZM, is board certified in zoological medicine and currently serves as the Director of the Department of Laboratory Animal Resources at the University of Toledo. He was formerly the chief veterinarian at the San Diego Zoo.Knut Hentschel, MS, PhD is now retired after a long career of research and conservation efforts, notably in Africa. After completing his PhD at the University of Braunschweig, Germany in 1990, Hentschel dedicating twenty years to positions in Uganda, Central African Republic, and the Ivory Coast.Gabriella Flacke, DVM, MS has lived and worked in Southern Africa where she served as clinical veterinarian for both the KwaZulu-Natal African Wild Dog Conservation and Reintroduction Programme in South Africa and the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Otjiwarongo, Namibia. She has recently completed her PhD at the University of Western Australia, where her research focused on pygmy hippo health, reproduction, and conservation. She is now working as an associate veterinarian at Zoo Miami. Klappentext A species account and a natural history of the pygmy hippopotamus, a flagship species of West Africa's Upper Guinea Forest Region. Zusammenfassung A species account and a natural history of the pygmy hippopotamus, a flagship species of West Africa's Upper Guinea Forest Region.

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• Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Flacke Gabriella L., Knut M. Hentschel, Hentschel Knut M., Phillip T. Robinson, Phillip T. (Director/attending Veterinar Robinson, Phillip T. Hentschel Robinson, Robinson Phillip T.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780190611859
• ISBN: 978-0-19-061185-9
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Umweltwissenschaften, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Tierwelt: Säugetiere: Sachbuch, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE / Endangered Species, Science, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, Endangered species & extinction of species, Wildlife: mammals, Animal Ecology, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Zoology and animal sciences, Endangered species and extinction of species