The man who saved sea turtles : Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology / Frederick Rowe Davis.

Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century and champion of endangered sea turtles, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. This book documents...

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Main Author: Davis, Frederick Rowe, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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505 0 |a Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Parallel Paths in Nature -- 3 Dear Dr. Barbour -- 4 Exploring Tropical Ecology in Honduras -- 5 Study and Conservation of Sea Turtles -- 6 The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles -- 7 In Africa on Ulendo -- 8 “And for the Turtles!â€?: International Conservation Efforts -- 9 Further Results of Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Biology -- 10 Home to Florida -- 11 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I 
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