The Last Butterflies : : A Scientist's Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature / / Nick Haddad.
A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from near-extinctionMost of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady. But what about the Fender's Blue? Or the St. Francis' Satyr? Becaus...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1. A SLIVER OF CREATION
- PART I. THE RAREST BUTTERFLIES
- CHAPTER 2. BAY CHECKERSPOT
- CHAPTER 3. FENDER'S BLUE
- CHAPTER 4. CRYSTAL SKIPPER
- CHAPTER 5. MIAMI BLUE
- CHAPTER 6. ST. FRANCIS' SAT YR
- CHAPTER 7. SCHAUS' SWALLOWTAIL
- PART II. THE FLIGHT PATH FORWARD
- CHAPTER 8.THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE BRITISH LARGE BLUE
- CHAPTER 9. MONARCHS THE PERILS FOR ABUNDANT BUTTERFLIES
- CHAPTER 10 .THE LAST BUTTERFLY?
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- INDEX