American Alligator

Ancient Predator in the Modern World

Kelby Ouchley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2013
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-4913-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Kelby Ouchley chronicles the evolution of A. mississippiensis from “shieldcroc”—the last common ancestor of modern-day alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gavials—to its current role as keystone of the ecological health of America’s southern swamps and marshes.

Autor

Kelby Ouchley is a retired biologist who spent thirty years managing alligators and their habitats for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He is the author of Flora and Fauna of the Civil War and Bayou-Diversity.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 8 colour & 22 black & white photographs
• Verlagsort: Florida
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 157 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 382 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8130-4913-X / 081304913X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-4913-7 / 9780813049137
• Zustand: Neuware