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Bezig met laden... Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage (1999)door Robert Michael Pyle
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is exactly what the title says. A standard map of migrating monarchs shows the eastern monarchs going to Mexico, and the western monarchs going to California. The author set out to follow western monarchs, starting in Washington, according to a set of rules: follow a monarch as far as it can be seen, when it disappears keep going in the same direction until another monarch appears, repeat. Of course the rules are incomplete. What if there are two monarchs going in different directions? What if there are zero monarchs for hundreds of miles? A bit of tweaking kept the spirit of the enterprise. He ended up in Mexico, indicating that the monarchs are not adhering to theoretical purity. Along the way, well, he went here, he went there, he met this naturalist friend, he met that naturalist friend, he saw this butterfly, he saw that butterfly. Not much structure or context; what I learned has been stated in the previous sentence. Well, also that monarchs are sparse; there is a map of his 20 sightings over 7 states. (read 6 Jul 2013) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Pyle's classic account of discovery along the migration trail of monarch butterflies is part natural history, part road trip adventure Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and form of the migration. But to Robert Michael Pyle, a naturalist with long experience in monarch conservation, the received wisdom about the butterflies' long journey just didn't make sense. In the autumn of 1996 he set out to uncover the facts, to pursue the tide of "cinnamon sailors" on their long, mysterious flight. Chasing Monarchs chronicles Pyle's 9,000-mile journey to discover firsthand the secrets of the monarchs' annual migration. Part road trip, part outdoor adventure, and part natural history study, Pyle's book overturns old theories and provides insights both large and small regarding monarch butterflies, their biology, and their spectacular migratory travels. Since the book's first publication, its controversial conclusions have been fully confirmed, and monarchs are better understood than ever before. The Afterword for this volume includes not only updated information on the myriad threats to monarch butterflies, but also various efforts under way to ensure the future of the world's most amazing butterfly migration. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)595.789Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Arthropoda Insects: Insecta, Hexapoda Lepidoptera: butterflies, moths Papilionoidea (Butterflies)LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Much like Where Bigfoot Walks, Chasing Monarchs is all about chasing something elusive, something nearly impossible to track. Like Bigfoot, Chasing Monarchs is awash with lush descriptions of the landscapes Pyle traverses; this time British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California with a little dip into Mexico. I find it amazing that Pyle was able to tag butterflies without hurting them! I just wish his book included photographs. ( )