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California Condors in the Pacific Northwest
D'Elia, Jesse, Haig, Susan M.
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Description for California Condors in the Pacific Northwest
Paperback. "The authors study the evolution and life history of the California Condor, its historical distribution, the reasons for its decline, and their hopes for its reintroduction in the Pacific Northwest"-- Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Despite frequent depiction as a bird of California and the desert southwest, North America’s largest avian scavenger once graced the skies of the Pacific Northwest, from northern California to British Columbia. This important volume documents the condor’s history in the region, from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century, and explores the challenges of reintroduction.
Jesse D’Elia and Susan Haig investigate the paleontological and observational record as well as the cultural relationships between Native American tribes and condors, providing the most complete assessment to date of the condor’s occurrence in the Pacific Northwest. They evaluate the probable causes ... Read more
Despite frequent depiction as a bird of California and the desert southwest, North America’s largest avian scavenger once graced the skies of the Pacific Northwest, from northern California to British Columbia. This important volume documents the condor’s history in the region, from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century, and explores the challenges of reintroduction.
Jesse D’Elia and Susan Haig investigate the paleontological and observational record as well as the cultural relationships between Native American tribes and condors, providing the most complete assessment to date of the condor’s occurrence in the Pacific Northwest. They evaluate the probable causes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870717000
SKU
V9780870717000
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About D'Elia, Jesse, Haig, Susan M.
Jesse D’Elia is a supervisory fish and wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Regional Office in Portland, Oregon. He works on a wide array of endangered species issues throughout the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands and is co-lead of the interagency Pacific Northwest California Condor Working Group. He is also a PhD candidate at Oregon State ... Read more
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