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A chorus of cranes: the cranes of North America and the world

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dc.contributor.authorJohnsgard, Paul A., author
dc.contributor.authorMangelsen, Thomas D., photographer
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialNorth America
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-09T18:12:02Z
dc.date.available2015-11-09T18:12:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractAccompanied by the stunning photography of Mangelsen, Johnsgard details the natural history, biology and conservation issues surrounding the abundant sandhill crane and the endangered whopping crane in North America.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsCrane magic -- The North American cranes -- The sandhill crane -- A brief history of the species -- Seasons of the sandhill crane -- A congruence of cranes -- A teton summer -- An arctic diaspora -- An autumnal hegira -- Recent sandhill crane populations -- The whooping crane -- A brief history of the species -- The year of the whooping crane -- The winter season -- The spring migration -- The breeding grounds -- The long journey south -- Whooping crane restoration efforts -- The sandhill crane cross-fostering experiment -- Restoration efforts in Florida -- Restoration efforts in Louisiana -- Operation migration and the eastern migratory flock -- Recent population trends in the wood buffalo-aransas flock -- Can whooping cranes survive in a twenty-first-century America? -- The other cranes of the world -- Black crowned crane -- Gray crowned crane -- Siberian crane -- Wattled crane -- Blue crane -- Demoiselle crane -- Australian crane -- Sarus crane -- White-naped crane -- Red-crowned crane -- Hooded crane -- Black-necked crane -- Eurasian crane -- Epilogue.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/169855
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshWhooping crane -- Pictorial works
dc.subject.lcshWhooping crane -- North America
dc.subject.lcshWhooping crane
dc.subject.lcshSandhill crane -- Pictorial works
dc.subject.lcshSandhill crane -- North America
dc.subject.lcshSandhill crane
dc.subject.lcshCranes (Birds) -- Pictorial works
dc.subject.lcshCranes (Birds) -- North America
dc.subject.lcshCranes (Birds)
dc.titleA chorus of cranes: the cranes of North America and the world
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