The man who saved sea turtles : Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology

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.
Subjects:
Carr, Archie, > 1909-1987.
Carr, Archie, > 1909-1987
Herpetologists > United States > Biography.
Sea turtles.
Turtles.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
NATURE > Animals > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Turtles
Herpetologists
Sea turtles
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Jk
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  • m
  • n
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  • p
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