The Kingdom of Rarities

• Main Author: Dinerstein, Eric. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Subjects: Environment.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Climate change.; Nature conservation.; Nature Conservation.; Animal Ecology.; Climate Change.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

When you look out your window, why are you so much more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland's warbler or a California condor? Why are some animals naturally rare and others so abundant? The quest to find and study seldom-seen jaguars and flamboyant Andean cocks-of-the-rock is as...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• 1. The Uncommon Menagerie
• 2. The Gift of Isolation
• 3. A Jaguar on the Beach
• 4. The Firebird Suite
• 5. There in the Elephant Grass
• 6. Scent of an Anteater
• 7. Invasion and Resistance
• 8. Ghosts of Indochina
• 9. Rarity Made Common
• Annotated Bibliography
• About the Author
• Index.