Overview
- Reveals a little-known side effect of climate change and environmental degradation: the decline of migration
- Great animal migrations provide important, tangible benefits to humanity
- Wilcove’s passion for his work and his gift for storytelling make No Way Home an intriguing exploration of what we are at risk of losing, and how we can prevent its loss
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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On the Move
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In the Air
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On Land
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In the Water
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About this book
Nature’s great migrations have captivated countless spectators, none more so than premier ecologist David S. Wilcove. In No Way Home, his awe is palpable—as are the growing threats to migratory animals. Wilcove guides us on their treacherous journeys, describing the barriers to migration and exploring what compels animals to keep on trekking. He also brings to life the adventures of scientists who study migrants. Often as bold as their subjects, researchers speed wildly along deserted roads to track birds soaring overhead, explore glaciers in search of frozen locusts, and outfit dragonflies with transmitters weighing less than one one-hundredth of an ounce.
As Wilcove writes, “protecting the abundance of migration is key to protecting the glory of migration.” No Way Home offers powerful inspiration to preserve those glorious journeys.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: No Way Home
Book Subtitle: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations
Authors: David S. Wilcove
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-59726-377-1
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: David S. Wilcove 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59726-377-1Published: 16 November 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 246
Topics: Environment, general, Nature Conservation, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Animal Ecology
