Forest Lore of the Maori
Author : Elsdon Best
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Page : 503 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Civilization, Maori
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Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher :
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Civilization, Maori
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Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher :
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
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Author : Elsdon Best
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Page : 542 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Civilization, Maori
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Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher :
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 1942
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Author : Pete McDonald
Publisher : Pete McDonald
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0473190958
Foot-tracks in New Zealand examines the development of walking tracks over two centuries, from the early 19th century to about 2011. Publisher: Pete McDonald Page size: A4 ISBN: 0473190958, 9780473190958 File format: PDF Number of pages: 1000 About: Trails, Tracks, New Zealand, History, Recreation, Land access
Author : Elsdon Best
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Page : 421 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 1977
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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004514163
Postcolonial Literatures of Climate Change investigates the evolving nature of postcolonial literatures and criticism in response to the global, regional, and local environmental transformations brought about by anthropogenic climate change.
Author : Michael Charles Tobias
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3030645266
This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy, archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature, philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism. The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological–and from an insular perspective, successful–struggle to exist has come at the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary sentience. With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie, President of the non-profit, Population Communication.
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Page : 584 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Ecology
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Author : Alan B. Bond
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 022624881X
From two experts on wild parrot cognition, a close look at the intelligence, social behavior, and conservation of these widely threatened birds. People form enduring emotional bonds with other animal species, such as dogs, cats, and horses. For the most part, these are domesticated animals, with one notable exception: many people form close and supportive relationships with parrots, even though these amusing and curious birds remain thoroughly wild creatures. What enables this unique group of animals to form social bonds with people, and what does this mean for their survival? In Thinking like a Parrot, Alan B. Bond and Judy Diamond look beyond much of the standard work on captive parrots to the mischievous, inquisitive, and astonishingly vocal parrots of the wild. Focusing on the psychology and ecology of wild parrots, Bond and Diamond document their distinctive social behavior, sophisticated cognition, and extraordinary vocal abilities. Also included are short vignettes—field notes on the natural history and behavior of both rare and widely distributed species, from the neotropical crimson-fronted parakeet to New Zealand’s flightless, ground-dwelling kakapo. This composite approach makes clear that the behavior of captive parrots is grounded in the birds’ wild ecology and evolution, revealing that parrots’ ability to bond with people is an evolutionary accident, a by-product of the intense sociality and flexible behavior that characterize their lives. Despite their adaptability and intelligence, however, nearly all large parrot species are rare, threatened, or endangered. To successfully manage and restore these wild populations, Bond and Diamond argue, we must develop a fuller understanding of their biology and the complex set of ecological and behavioral traits that has led to their vulnerability. Spanning the global distribution of parrot species, Thinking like a Parrot is rich with surprising insights into parrot intelligence, flexibility, and—even in the face of threats—resilience.