Desert WildlifeStanford University Press, 1961 - 320 pages Despite the continuing popularity of egalitarian values and rhetoric, the brute facts of poverty and massive inequality remain everywhere with us. Although extreme poverty and deprivation are often associated with developing societies, recent years have witnessed rising inequality in many industrialized countries as well. If inequality persists in modern societies, however, its patterns and structures are evolving in complex ways that defy generalizations from historical experience. |
Table des matières
The Desert Kit | 8 |
The Gray | 14 |
The Coyote | 19 |
The Desert Lynx | 30 |
The Desert Bighorn | 36 |
Desert Deer | 43 |
The Pronghorn Antelope | 49 |
The Desert Hare | 58 |
The Cactus Wren | 181 |
California Road Runner | 188 |
The Le Conte Thrasher | 197 |
Gnatcatchers and Verdins | 201 |
Vultures | 205 |
The Piñon Jay | 215 |
The Raven | 221 |
Woodpeckers | 229 |
The Cottontail | 61 |
Wild Mice | 67 |
The Kangaroo | 81 |
Pygmy Mammals | 90 |
The Pack Rats | 94 |
The Pocket Gopher | 104 |
The Whitetailed Ground Squirrel | 110 |
The Roundtailed Ground Squirrel | 118 |
Desert Bats | 124 |
1 | 125 |
14 | 160 |
The Prairie Falcon | 168 |
The Shrike | 174 |
Desert Hummingbirds | 236 |
The Hibernating Poorwill | 242 |
Insects and Other Arthropods | 252 |
Desert Mollusks | 269 |
Lizards | 275 |
Desert Snakes | 286 |
The Desert Tortoise | 292 |
Selected References | 301 |
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