Tasmanian devil : a unique and threatened animal /
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Author / Creator: | Owen, David, 1956- |
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Imprint: | Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2005. |
Description: | xi, 225 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 21 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6371612 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Beelzebub's pup: a reappraisal of the Tasmanian devil
- 2. Evolution and extinction
- 3. Relationships in the wild
- 4. 'Made for travelling rough': devil ecology
- 5. Devils and Europeans, 1803-1933
- 6. In the matter of the Society and the Board
- 7. From Antichrist to ambassador
- 8. In captivity
- 9. 'The spinning animal from Tasmania'
- 10. Owning the devil: Tasmania and Warner Bros.
- 11. Devil Facial Tumour Disease
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index