A desert calling : life in a forbidding landscape
Mares, Michael A.
A desert calling : life in a forbidding landscape / Michael A. Mares - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2002. - xv, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-306).
For most of us the word "desert" conjures up images of barren wasteland, vast, dry stretches inimical to life. But for a great array of creatures, the desert is a haven and a home. Travel with Michael Mares into the deserts of Argentina, Iran, Egypt, and the American Southwest and you will encounter a rich and memorable variety of these small, tenacious animals, many of them first discovered by Mares in areas never before studied. Filled with the seductions and trials that such adventures entail. A Desert Calling affords an intimate understanding of the biologist's vocation. As he astonishes us with the range and variety of knowledge to be acquired through the determined investigation of little-known habitats, Mares opens a window on his own uncommon life, as well as on the uncommon life of the remote and mysterious corners of our planet.
9780674007475
2001051786
Mammals
Desert animals.
Biology----Fieldwork
QL703 / .M368 2002
599 MAR
A desert calling : life in a forbidding landscape / Michael A. Mares - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2002. - xv, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-306).
For most of us the word "desert" conjures up images of barren wasteland, vast, dry stretches inimical to life. But for a great array of creatures, the desert is a haven and a home. Travel with Michael Mares into the deserts of Argentina, Iran, Egypt, and the American Southwest and you will encounter a rich and memorable variety of these small, tenacious animals, many of them first discovered by Mares in areas never before studied. Filled with the seductions and trials that such adventures entail. A Desert Calling affords an intimate understanding of the biologist's vocation. As he astonishes us with the range and variety of knowledge to be acquired through the determined investigation of little-known habitats, Mares opens a window on his own uncommon life, as well as on the uncommon life of the remote and mysterious corners of our planet.
9780674007475
2001051786
Mammals
Desert animals.
Biology----Fieldwork
QL703 / .M368 2002
599 MAR
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