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050	0	0	_aQL703 _b.M368 2002
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100	1		_aMares, Michael A.
245	1	2	_aA desert calling _b: life in a forbidding landscape _c/ Michael A. Mares
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _b: Harvard University Press _c, 2002.
300			_axv, 318 p. _b: ill., maps _c; 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-306).
520			_aFor 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.
650		0	_aMammals
650		0	_aDesert animals.
650		0	_aBiology _x--Fieldwork
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