New Guinea nature and culture of Earth's grandest island

New Guinea nature and culture of Earth's grandest island

An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman In this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beehler, Bruce McP
Other Authors: Laman, Tim, Hope, Geoffrey S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
New Guinea > Social life and customs.
Nouvelle-Guinée > Mœurs et coutumes.
New Guinea.
Natural history > New Guinea.
Ecology > New Guinea.
Sciences naturelles > Nouvelle-Guinée.
SCIENCE > Natural history-discipline.
Ecology.
Manners and customs.
Natural history.
EBSCO eBooks
Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2270811.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations and terms
  • Map
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. History
  • 3. Geology
  • 4. Climatology
  • 5. Biogeography
  • 6. Botany
  • 7. Invertebrate life
  • 8. Ichthyology
  • 9. Herpetology
  • 10. Ornithology
  • 11. Mammalogy
  • 12. Paleontology
  • 13. Paleoanthropology
  • 14. People
  • 15. Coastal marine
  • 16. In the field
  • 17. In the village
  • 18. The future
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index
  • Author and principal photographer's biographies.

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