Saved by bed bugs!
Subtitle: a frank autobiography of Professor Emeritus Walter E. Howard
By: by Walter E. Howard
Publisher: Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Davis, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780974656519
Subjects: Faculty; Ecologists; Biography; Biologists; Animal ecology; Personal narratives; Davis University of California
Notes: "This book is about the unusual experiences in the life of a pioneering animal ecologist and the challenges he faced that helped shape his impassioned ecological views and his love and understanding of nature."
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Grandparents; title: Father; title: Mother; title: Brothers; title: Lincoln Highway just west of Davis; title: Jackrabbits and "shadow" in my life; title: Some early years; title: Origin of a biologist; title: Sports; title: Various jobs; title: My health; title: auto accident; title: Leaving home; title: Wedding bells; title: Early married years; title: When is a house a home?; title: World War II; title: Finishing at UMich; title: UC Davis; title: San Joaquin experimental range (SJER); title: Academic experiences; title: Seeing the world; title: New Zealand experiences; title: Tahiti; title: New Caledonia; title: American Samoa, Western Samoa, & Fiji; title: UC Berkeley extension tour to New Zealand; title: Australia; title: Malaysia; title: South Korea; title: Europe & Bermuda; title: Lebanon; title: Mexico; title: Argentina; title: Italy; title: Qatar; title: Bahrain; title: Greece; title: Egypt; title: Taiwan; title: Guam, Saipan, Tinian, & Rota Islands; title: Yugoslavia; title: Israel; title: Barbados; title: China; title: India; title: Japan; title: Kuwait; title: England & Scotland; title: Switzerland; title: Denmark, Sweden, Finland & Russia; title: England; title: Norway, Denmark, & Alaska; title: Peru; title: Canada; title: Chile & Brazil; title: South Africa; title: Austria, Ireland, Scotland & England; title: Kenya & Tanzania; title: Spain, Morocco, & Portugal; title: England & Wales; title: Alaska & Yukon; title: More Alaska; title: Hawaii; title: Teaching; title: Research experiences; title: Golden years of retirement; title: Conclusions.