Author : Laurence M. Klauber
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1982
ISBN 10 : 9780520040397
Pages : 374 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (43 downloads)
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Author : Laurence Monroe Klauber
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1997
ISBN 10 : 0520210565
Pages : 798 pages
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Download Rattlesnakes PDF Full Free by Laurence Monroe Klauber and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This virtual encyclopedia of the rattlesnake became a natural history sensation when it was first published in 1956. The republication of the Second Edition, with a new foreword by Harry W. Greene, will give amateur and professional herpetologists alike reason to rejoice. Volume 1 covers taxonomy, physiology, and behavior; Volume 2 concentrates on the rattlesnake's interactions with other organisms, including humans. Klauber's detailed and thorough study is still one of the most complete rattlesnake references ever published.Greene's Foreword discusses the initial impact and continuing value of Klauber's work and recounts some of the advances in knowledge of rattlesnake biology during the past 25 years. Also included is an update of rattlesnake taxonomy.
Author : Laurence Monroe Klauber
Publisher :
Release Date : 1956
ISBN 10 : UCSD:31822013402144
Pages : 756 pages
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Author : Laurence M. Klauber
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Release Date : 1997
ISBN 10 : OCLC:833656964
Pages : 19 pages
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Author : Laurence Monroe Klauber
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Release Date : 1956
ISBN 10 : UCR:31210000433225
Pages : 806 pages
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Author : Laurence Monroe Klauber
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Release Date : 1972
ISBN 10 : OCLC:37863831
Pages : 740 pages
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Author : Keir Brooks Sterling
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 1997
ISBN 10 : 9780313230479
Pages : 958 pages
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Download Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists PDF Full Free by Keir Brooks Sterling and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.
Author : Clark E. Adams
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-06
ISBN 10 : 9781603440356
Pages : 129 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (43 downloads)
Download Texas Rattlesnake Roundups PDF Full Free by Clark E. Adams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covered by Wide World of Sports, National Public Radio, and National Geographic, Texas rattlesnake roundups like those in Sweetwater, Texas, draw both fascinated tourists and irate protesters. Begun as an organized form of predator control in the 1920s, for many years rattlesnake roundups have been promoted as community events and civic fundraisers. The western diamond-backed rattlesnake is the main attraction, with pits full of thousands of writhing rattlesnakes serving as the featured spectacle. Often taking advantage of the animals' denning behavior to capture large numbers at a time, hunters deliver live snakes to commercial dealers who are contracted by event organizers to supply the animals as a source of entertainment: from snake handling and snake races to snake sacking, snake skinning, snake milking, and snake education activities. Rattlesnake products of various types are also sold and consumed at the events. In this close-up look at rattlesnake roundups in Texas, Clark E. Adams and John K. Thomas present perhaps the first full description of this social and environmental phenomenon, tracking its popularity, its participants, its opponents, its impact on the communities where it occurs, and, as much as is possible, its effects on the rattlesnake itself. In recent years, the commercial trade in Texas animals has emerged as a serious and controversial issue, and the number of roundups has declined sharply. Texas Rattlesnake Roundups promises to provide a balanced starting point for all those interested in knowing more about this curious custom.
Author : John D. Broadwater
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-27
ISBN 10 : 9781603447492
Pages : 338 pages
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Download USS Monitor PDF Full Free by John D. Broadwater and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred and fifty years ago, naval warfare entered a new phase with the introduction of ironclad vessels. On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor, prototype of this new class of warships, fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia, after the Virginia had ravaged the Union fleet blockading the James River, sinking larger, seemingly more powerful wooden warships in a potent demonstration of the power of an armored, heavily-gunned, steam-powered warship. In the world’s first clash between iron-armored warships, Monitor and Virginia exchanged gunfire at close range for nearly four hours. Neither inflicted serious damage on the other. While a technical stalemate, the events at Hampton Roads changed naval warfare forever. In the United States and abroad, iron and steam would soon replace wood and sail for warship construction. Less than nine months later, the now-famous Monitor was under tow, heading south to Beaufort, North Carolina, when she sank in heavy seas, with substantial loss of life. Monitor was a total and irretrievable loss; even the location of her final resting place became a mystery. Not until 1973 was the inverted hull located, and in 1974 excavation of the wreck began, under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in partnership with the US Navy. The decision to place the Monitor in a protected zone—a national marine sanctuary—marked another historic first for the vessel. The story of this decision, the raising of the turret, and the subsequent management of the historic resource adds another layer of history to the Monitor’s fascinating story. Sidebars in the book flesh out details and add anecdotal color to the story of Monitor and of the efforts to preserve and interpret the site. Lavish illustrations (photographs, site drawings, and artifact sketches) complement the informative and highly readable account by the archaeologist who planned and directed the major expeditions that resulted in recovery of many of the Monitor’s most significant objects, as well as the remains of two Union soldiers who were only recently interred in Arlington National Cemetery, more than 150 years after their deaths.
Author : George R. Zug
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2015-03-10
ISBN 10 : 9781588345158
Pages : 200 pages
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Author : Jon Furman
Publisher : University Press of New England
Release Date : 2015-02-03
ISBN 10 : 9781611688160
Pages : 236 pages
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Download Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York PDF Full Free by Jon Furman and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, small populations of timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) quietly inhabit parts of Rutland County in Vermont, and Warren, Washington, and Essex counties in New York. Because the species is endangered, the exact locations of established dens in this area are a closely guarded secret. Insider, naturalist, and author Jon Furman has devoted years to the study of the snake's past and present range, its habitat and biology, the period in Vermont and upstate New York history during which timber rattlesnakes were ruthlessly hunted for a bounty, and the outlook for this severely threatened species in both states. Soundly anchored in the latest scientific data, Furman proffers an accessible and engaging account of contemporary fieldwork and first-person interviews with herpetologists and old-time bounty hunters. For expert and lay readers interested in snakes and reptiles, northeastern fauna and natural history, conservation, and endangered species, this volume clearly explicates the timber rattlesnake's biology as well as what happens and what to do when one bites. It also explores the troubling decline of the northeastern population caused by bounty hunting between the 1890s and the early 1970s, other past and present threats to the species' survival, and what measures are being taken-and additional ones that must be taken-to ensure that timber rattlesnakes survive and thrive in the northeast. Historical and contemporary illustrations bring these reptiles and their world to life. Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York shines a new light on a maligned and misunderstood species.
Author : Bruce M. Rothschild
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-01-04
ISBN 10 : 9781461408239
Pages : 458 pages
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Download Herpetological Osteopathology PDF Full Free by Bruce M. Rothschild and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As scientific analysis of testable hypotheses has replaced the speculative approach to study of bone disease in recent and fossil amphibians and reptiles, the field has advanced from simply reporting observations to analyzing their implications. This process is predicated upon a reproducible data base which explains/diagnoses the nature of bony alterations and a secure review of the literature. Thereby hangs the rub. The herpetological literature are difficult to access (let alone read) and are scattered through many prominent and eclectic journals and in the lay literature. While older diagnoses often have not stood the test of time, the clarity of report descriptions usually allows confident identification of the underlying pathology.
Author : Julio A. Lemos-Espinal
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-11
ISBN 10 : 9781623493066
Pages : 626 pages
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Author : Roy W. McDiarmid
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-01-10
ISBN 10 : 9780520266711
Pages : 424 pages
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Author : Owen Davies
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-02-21
ISBN 10 : 9780191625145
Pages : 304 pages
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Author : Alan Tennant
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Release Date : 2003-06-19
ISBN 10 : 9781461662198
Pages : 614 pages
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Author : Barney Oldfield
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1994
ISBN 10 : 0816623848
Pages : 252 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (166 downloads)
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