New Guinea
Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2020
376 pages
978-0-691-19991-7 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
152 color photos. 1 map.
152 color photos. 1 map.
ISBN-13
978-0-691-19991-7 (9780691199917)
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05/2020
Princeton University Press
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Persons
Bruce M. Beehler is an ornithologist, naturalist, and author of many books. A renowned authority on New Guinea, he has visited the island seventy times. His most recent books include North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring and Encounters with Nature: Hiking, Biking, and Birding through the Year. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Tim Laman is a contributing photographer for National Geographic, with more than twenty feature articles to his name. His photos have also appeared in many books, including the acclaimed Birds of Paradise. In 2016, he was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Terms
- Map
- 1 Overview
- 2 History
- 3 Geology
- 4 Climatology
- 5 Biogeography
- 6 Botany
- 7 Invertebrate Life
- 8 Ichthyology
- 9 Herpetology
- 10 Ornithology
- 11 Mammalogy
- 12 Paleontology
- 13 Paleoanthropology
- 14 People
- 15 Coastal Marine
- 16 In the Field
- 17 In the Village
- 18 The Future
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Author and Principal Photographer's Biographies
