Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things

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Titel:

Persönlicher Verfasser:

O'Connor, M. R., 1982-

PUBDATE:

2015

GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.

Physische Beschreibung:

266 pages ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9781137279293

Abstract:

"A tour of current advances in biology and ethics demonstrates how humans are increasingly in control of evolution, exploring how as the scientific community endeavors to save near-extinct species, the creatures being saved become less wild and more dependent, "--Novelist.

Inhalte:

An ark of toads: Nectophrynoides asperginis -- Tracking chimeras in the Fakahatchee Strand: Puma concolor coryi -- Exuberant evolution in a desert fish: Cyprinodon tularosa -- Mysteries of the whale called 1334: Eubalaena glacialis -- Freezing crows: Corvus hawaiiensis -- Metaphysical rhinos: Ceratotherium simum cottoni -- Regenesis of the passenger pigeon: Neo-Ectopistes migratorius -- Nice to meet you, Neanderthal: Homo neanderthalensis -- Coda. Ultima Thule: ends of the earth.

Schlagwortbegriff:

Animal diversity conservation -- Anecdotes.

Animal diversity conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Endangered species -- Anecdotes.

Wildlife conservationists -- Anecdotes.

Gattung:

Anecdotes.

LANGUAGE:

Englisch

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