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- Your big backyard presents animals in nature [videorecording] : big five, little five ; city creatures ; sharks by Bachmann, Harald.; Bourque, Anna.; Coneybeare, Wilson.; Gough, Alan.; Knapp, Cheryl.; Kratt, Chris.(CARDINAL)644356; Kratt, Martin.(CARDINAL)644357; Lynall, Edgar.; McAuley-Bias, Jennifer.;
Big five, little five/; written by Wilson Coneybeare ; directed by Alan Gough -- City creatures: written by Jennifer McAuley-Bias ; directed by Harald Bachmann -- Sharks: written by Edgar Lynall ; directed by Alan Gough.Hosted by Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt ; Zobooma performed by Gord Robertson."Big five, little five: Chris and Martin seek the big five animals in South Afica: the elephant, rhino, lion buffalo and leopard. It turns into search for the little animals the elephant shew, rhino beetle, ant lion, buffalo weaver and leopard tortoise. City creatures: Chris and Martin travel to the U.S. to wild animals in the urban world. Chris and Martin find falcons, beavers, foxes, and cayotes existing with people and adapting to the the human world. Sharks: Chris and Martin eagerly complete with Discovery Channel to eliminate certain myths about sharks in the Caribbean. Chris and Martin work with a shark expert named Sam Gruber." -- back cover- Subjects: Animals; Ant lion; Beavers; Buffalo weaver; Buffalo; Cayotes; Elephant shrew; Elephants; Falcons; Foxes; Leopard tortoise; Leopards; Lions; Rhinoceros beetle; Rhinoceros; Sharks; Sharks;
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- Galápagos : preserving Darwin's legacy / by De Roy, Tui.(CARDINAL)324670; Ecuador.Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos.(CARDINAL)685874; Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galápagos Isles.(CARDINAL)716070; Galapagos Conservancy.(CARDINAL)551331;
Includes bibliographical references (page 238) and index.Prologue : a world flagship of inspiration / Tui De Roy -- Foreword : Galápagos research, a family tradition / Sarah Darwin -- The Galápagos National Park : half a century dedicated to conservation / Edgar Muñoz -- The Charles Darwin Foundation : history of a science and conservation vision / Peter Kramer -- Islands on the move : significance of hotspot volcanoes / Dennis Geist -- Living water : investigating an elusive element / Noémi d'Ozouville -- Paleoclimate and the future : a knife-edge balance / Julian P. Sachs -- Vertebrate diversity : the long view / David W. Steadman -- Lichen discoveries : bright, bold color specks, tiny and overlooked / Frank Bungartz -- Insular flora : more than 'wretched-looking little weeds' / Conley K. McMullen -- Sunflower trees and giant cacti : vegetation changes over time / Ole Hamann -- On the snails' trail : evolution and speciation among a vanishing tribe / Christine Parent and Guy Coppois -- Inshore fishes : the case of the missing damsel / Jack S. Grove -- Shark migrations : discovering the golden triangle / Alex Hearn -- Giant tortoises : mapping their genetic past and future / Adalgisa Caccone and Jeffrey Powell -- Marine iguanas : life on the edge / L. Michael Romero and Martin Wikelski -- Land iguanas : emergence of a new species / Gabriele Gentile -- Darwin's finches : studying evolution in action / B. Rosemary Grant and Peter R. Grant -- A most unusual hawk : one mother and several fathers / Patricia Parker -- Nazca booby behavior : some evolutionary surprises / Dave Anderson -- The waved albatross : the family affairs of a critically endangered species / Kathryn P. Huyvaert -- Penguins on the equator : hanging on by a thread / Hernan Vargas -- The flightless cormorant : the evolution of female rule / Carlos A. Valle -- Sea lions and fur seals : cold water species on the equator / Fritz Trillmich -- Parasites and pathogens : threats to native birds / Patricia Parker -- Success in biological control : the scale and the ladybird / Charlotte Causton -- Saving 'lost' plants : finding and nurturing the survivors / Alan Tye -- Reign of the giant tortoises : repopulating ancestral islands / Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia -- Project Isabela : ecosystem restoration through mega-eradication / Karl Campbell -- Reports from the front : personal accounts from National Park field staff / Wilson Cabrera and Omar Garcia -- A perspective on people and the future : the search for harmony / Graham Watkins -- Reflections : 'Noe reall islands...,' but paradise / Godfrey Merlen.In this spectacular celebration of one the world's most important domains, insightful essays and fascinating stories by 30 of the world's leading Galapagos researchers describe the challenges and successes of conservation efforts, past and present.- Subjects: Biodiversity; Natural history; Nature conservation; Sciences naturelles;
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