The condor's shadow
Subtitle: the loss and recovery of wildlife in America
By: David S. Wilcove ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Co.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780716731153
Subjects: Artensterben; Wildtiere; Wildlife recovery; Bedrohte Tiere; Endangered species; Anthropogener Einfluss; Naturschutz
Description: The author examines the complex state of wildlife in America today as "hundreds of species have vanished completely," but yet, "in some areas there are more acres of forests now than at the turn of the century, and many of our lakes and rivers are cleaner today than they were twenty years ago."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-317) and index.