Chinese Alligator - Ecology, Behavior, Conservation, and Culture

Informationen zum Autor One of the world's most respected experts on crocodilians, John Thorbjarnarson was a senior conservation zoologist for the Wildlife Conservation Society during the writing and designing of this book. Dr. Thorbjarnarson was a tireless advocate for conservation, and it was during one of his many conservation-related trips in early 2010 that he contracted a fatal case of malaria. Xiaoming Wang is an expert on the Chinese alligator, a professor of biology at East China Normal University, director of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, and one of China's leading conservation biologists. Klappentext Illustrated throughout and featuring the most up-to-date biological information available, this volume is a complete overview of the Chinese alligator, a conservation and cultural icon. Zusammenfassung Illustrated throughout and featuring the most up-to-date biological information available! this volume is a complete overview of the Chinese alligator! a conservation and cultural icon.

Product details

• Authors: John Thorbjarnarson, John Wang Thorbjarnarson, Xiaoming Wang
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2010
• EAN: 9780801893483
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9348-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; China, Reptiles, Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology)