Peregrine Falcons by Candace Savage

Peregrine Falcons by Candace Savage

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Zusammenfassung

The photographs in this book depict the peregrine falcon in all its grace and beauty. Peregrines are among the most widely distributed of birds, at home on six continents. Never plentiful, they are now among the rarest of living creatures - mainly because of the use of pesticides, primarily DDT.

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Peregrine Falcons by Candace Savage

The photographs in this book depict the peregrine falcon in all its grace and beauty. Peregrines are among the most widely distributed of birds, at home on six continents. Never plentiful, they are now among the rarest of living creatures. The cause of their decline, in the 1950s and 1960s, was the contamination of their food chain by pesticides, primarily DDT. As author Candace Savage warns, DDT and other persistent pesticides, long banned in "developed" countries, are still manufactured in chemical plants and exported to the Third World, while chemical compounds currently used in Western countries may be almost as deadly to the birds. Candace Savage is the author of "Wolves" and "Grizzly Bears".
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780709049739
ISBN 10 0709049730
Titel Peregrine Falcons
Autor Candace Savage
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag The Crowood Press Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1992-11-30
Seitenanzahl 176
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.