The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ben a. Minteer (Editor)Series:Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological LaboraPublish date:2018-02-21Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226538464ISBN-10:022653846XUPC:9780226538464Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Animals, Endangered SpeciesBook Topic:ZoologySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SC8XB8MDJY
The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation
Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gathering a diverse, multi-institutional collection of leading zoo and aquarium scientists as well as historians, philosophers, biologists, and social...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226538464ISBN-10:022653846XUPC:9780226538464Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Animals, Endangered SpeciesBook Topic:ZoologySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SC8XB8MDJY
Ben A. Minteer holds the Arizona Zoological Society Endowed Chair in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. He is coeditor most recently of After Preservation: Saving American Nature in the Age of Humans, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Jane Maienschein is university professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and fellow and director...
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