Into the night : tales of nocturnal wildlife expeditions / edited by Rick A. Adams.

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"This entertaining collection of essays from professional scientists and naturalists provides an enlightening look at the lives of field biologists with a passion for the hidden world of nocturnal wildlife. Into the Night explores the harrowing, fascinating, amusing, and largely unheard personal exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Adams, Rick A. (Rick Alan)
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]
Subjects:
Nocturnal animals.
Wildlife watching.
Biology > Fieldwork.
Natural history > Fieldwork.
Biologists > Biography.
Naturalists > Biography.
Scientific expeditions.
NATURE / Essays.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface / Rick A. Adams
  • Waiting for long-eared owls / Stephen R. Jones
  • African nights among fruit bats, fig trees, and elephants / Frank J. Bonaccorso
  • Undersea at night in Darwin's Galapagos / Christina Allen
  • Chasing nightly marvels in the Rocky Mountains / Rick A. Adams
  • Nights on the Equator / Ann Kohlhaas
  • Do not go gentle into that tropical night / Lee Dyer
  • Nights : from south to north, hot to cold / James C. Halfpenny
  • Volcanoes and fruitbats : fear and loafing on Montserrat / Scott C. Pedersen.