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Double-Crested Cormorant : Plight of a Feathered Pariah by Linda R. Wires (2014,
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780300187113
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300187114
ISBN-13
9780300187113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
174968766
Product Key Features
Book Title
Double-Crested Cormorant : Plight of a Feathered Pariah
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, Animals / Birds
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-957500
Reviews
'Combining natural history, policy analysis and rhapsodic appreciation, [Wires has] produced a book in which context matters for animals as much as it does for people. She would like us to see the whole bird - biologically, historically, culturally - and to understand the way ancient animosities can influence modern environmental policy.' --Jonathan Rosen, London Review of Books, "Linda Wires' brilliant documentation of the oft maligned cormorant carries the reader to an unsuspected place, an intersection of the cormorant's and our own worlds, where one can rethink their relationship with another species. Wonderful illustrations and definitive prose combine to lure the reader deep into the cormorant's complicated life."-John Marzluff, co-author of The Gifts of the Crow ; Dog Days, Raven Nights ; and In the Company of Crows and Ravens, "I think this [will] be an important book and [will] make a significant contribution to the several fields that it covers."--Ian Nisbet, co-author of Terns, "This is an important work, a benchmark popular study of a bird species that needs enlightened help in order to survive. The Double-Crested Cormorant: Plight of a Feathered Pariah ought to be for sale in the gift shops of every national park in the United States at the very least - and from the sound of Wires's conclusions, several copies sent to Congress might help too."--Steve Donohue, Open Letters Monthly, "Linda Wires's brilliant documentation of the oft-maligned cormorant carries the reader to an unsuspected place, an intersection of the cormorant's and our own worlds, where anyone can rethink his or her relationship with another species. Wonderful illustrations and definitive prose combine to lure the reader deep into the cormorant's complicated life."-John Marzluff, co-author of The Gifts of the Crow ; Dog Days, Raven Nights ; and In the Company of Crows and Ravens, "I think this [will] be an important book and [will] make a significant contribution to the several fields that it covers."-Ian Nisbet, co-author of Terns, "Linda Wires's brilliant documentation of the oft-maligned cormorant carries the reader to an unsuspected place, an intersection of the cormorant's and our own worlds, where anyone can rethink his or her relationship with another species. Wonderful illustrations and definitive prose combine to lure the reader deep into the cormorant's complicated life."--John Marzluff, co-author of The Gifts of the Crow ; Dog Days, Raven Nights ; and In the Company of Crows and Ravens, "In The Double-Crested Cormorant , Wires gets us a little bit closer to seeing the cormorant as a creature that is not a winged manifestation of our own fears, but simply a bird."--Ingrid Satelmajer, The Los Angeles Review of Books, " The Double-Crested Cormorant is extremely important given the unprecedented nature of the history of the management of this species and its ramifications to the way we manage wildlife and respond to those apex predators we see as competitors. It is also a rare treatment that places human society as much under the magnifying glass as the bird itself."-Keith Hobson, Environment Canada, "This is an important work, a benchmark popular study of a bird species that needs enlightened help in order to survive. The Double-Crested Cormorant: Plight of a Feathered Pariah ought to be for sale in the gift shops of every national park in the United States at the very least and from the sound of Wires's conclusions, several copies sent to Congress might help too."-Steve Donohue, Open Letters Monthly, 'Combining natural history, policy analysis and rhapsodic appreciation, [Wires has] produced a book in which context matters for animals as much as it does for people. She would like us to see the whole bird - biologically, historically, culturally - and to understand the way ancient animosities can influence modern environmental policy.' --Jonathan Rosen, London Review of Books, "I think this [will] be an important book and [will] make a significant contribution to the several fields that it covers."-Ian Nisbet, author of Tern, " The Double-Crested Cormorant is extremely important given the unprecedented nature of the history of the management of this species and its ramifications to the way we manage wildlife and respond to those apex predators we see as competitors. It is also a rare treatment that places human society as much under the magnifying glass as the bird itself."--Keith Hobson, Environment Canada
Dewey Edition
23
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Dewey Decimal
598.4/3
Synopsis
The tragic history of the cormorant's relations with humans and the implications for today's wildlife management policy, The tragic history of the cormorant's relations with humans and the implications for today's wildlife management policy The double-crested cormorant, found only in North America, is an iridescent black waterbird superbly adapted to catch fish. It belongs to a family of birds vilified since biblical times and persecuted around the world. Thus it was perhaps to be expected that the first European settlers in North America quickly deemed the double-crested cormorant a competitor for fishing stock and undertook a relentless drive to destroy the birds. This enormously important book explores the roots of human-cormorant conflicts, dispels myths about the birds, and offers the first comprehensive assessment of the policies that have been developed to manage the double-crested cormorant in the twenty-first century. Conservation biologist Linda Wires provides a unique synthesis of the cultural, historical, scientific, and political elements of the cormorant's story. She discusses the amazing late-twentieth-century population recovery, aided by protection policies and environment conservation, but also the subsequent U.S. federal policies under which hundreds of thousands of the birds have been killed. In a critique of the science, management, and ethics underlying the double-crested cormorant's treatment today, Wires exposes "management" as a euphemism for persecution and shows that the current strategies of aggressive predator control are outdated and unsupported by science.
LC Classification Number
QL696.P4745
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