كتاب
A message from Martha: the extinction of the passenger pigeon and its relevance today
| العنوان: | A message from Martha: the extinction of the passenger pigeon and its relevance today |
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| المؤلفون: | Avery, Mark (Mark I.), author. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| وصف مادي: | 304 pages ; 23 cm |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Passenger pigeon., Extinct birds -- North America., Birds -- Extinction -- North America., Martha (Passenger pigeon), Extinction (Biology) -- Social aspects., Environmental degradation -- United States -- History., Human ecology -- United States -- History., Aussterben., Wandertaube. |
| الوصف: | September 1st, 2014 marked the centenary of one of the best-documented extinctions in history - the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. From being the commonest bird on the planet 50 years earlier, the species became extinct on that fateful day, with the death in Cincinnati Zoo of Martha - the last of her kind. This book tells the tale of the Passenger Pigeon, and of Martha, and of author Mark Avery's journey in search of them. It looks at how the species was a cornerstone of the now much-diminished ecology of the eastern United States, and how the species went from a population that numbered in the billions to nil in a terrifyingly brief period of time. It also explores the largely untold story of the ecological annihilation of this part of America in the latter half of the 19th century, a time that saw an unprecedented loss of natural beauty and richness as forests were felled and the prairies were ploughed, with wildlife slaughtered more or less indiscriminately. Despite the underlying theme of loss, this book is more than another depressing tale of human greed and ecological stupidity. It contains an underlying message - that we need to re-forge our relationship with the natural world on which we depend, and plan a more sustainable future. Otherwise more species will go the way of the Passenger Pigeon. We should listen to the message from Martha. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Introduction -- The biology of an extinct bird -- Lost abundance -- A road trip in search of an extinct species -- No ordinary destruction -- How the wild was lost when the West was won -- The tolling bell? -- Bringing it all back home. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn885312682 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-4729-0625-0 1-4729-0625-X |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.014203698.6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781472906250 147290625X |
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