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The Woodhen: A Flightless Island Bird Defying Extinction
Clifford B. Frith
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Description for The Woodhen: A Flightless Island Bird Defying Extinction
Hardcover. Tells the fascinating success story of the saving of the globally significant, iconic, flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; RNKH; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. This unique large rail, an iconic and highly endangered Australian bird, was at the very brink of extinction with just 15 individuals found in 1980, when bold and risky actions were taken to save it.
The book begins with the discovery and ecology of Lord Howe Island. It then details the history of the Woodhen, its place among the rails and their evolution of flightlessness, the planning, implementation and trials, tribulations and successes of the captive breeding programme and the way in which ... Read more
This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. This unique large rail, an iconic and highly endangered Australian bird, was at the very brink of extinction with just 15 individuals found in 1980, when bold and risky actions were taken to save it.
The book begins with the discovery and ecology of Lord Howe Island. It then details the history of the Woodhen, its place among the rails and their evolution of flightlessness, the planning, implementation and trials, tribulations and successes of the captive breeding programme and the way in which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780643108707
SKU
V9780643108707
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Clifford B. Frith
Clifford Frith has authored four major ornithological monographs, two winning a prestigious Whitley Book Award, a substantial natural history of Australia's Cape York Peninsula wilderness plus other titles. He was awarded, jointly with Dawn Frith, the 1996 D. L. Serventy Medal for original contributions to Australasian ornithology. His PhD, awarded by Griffith University, involved evolutionary studies of bowerbirds and birds ... Read more
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