The Chinese alligator
Subtitle: ecology, behavior, conservation, and culture
By: John Thorbjarnarson and Xiaoming Wang ; foreword by George B. Schaller
Contributors: Wang, Xiaoming, 1963-; Schaller, George B.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780801893483
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: The earth dragon; title: The family of dragons : crocodilians of the world and their conservation; title: The history of crocodilians in China; title: Alligators as dragons; title: A dragon's life : ecology and behavior of the Chinese alligator; title: The dragon's demise : why the Chinese alligator disappeared; title: Habitat and population status; title: The future of the alligator in China.