About this title: In 2005, Kate Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. Her camping equipment was rudimentary, her knowledge of Congolese customs even more so. She knew how to string a net and set a pitfall trap, but she never imagined the physical and cultural difficulties that awaited her.Culled from the mud-spattered pages of her journals, "Mean and Lowly Things" reads like a fast-paced adventure story. It is Jackson's unvarnished account of her research on the front lines of the global biodiversity crisis - coping with interminable delays in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-04-15
ISBN-13:9780674029743ISBN:0674029747
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780674029743ISBN:0674029747
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780674029743ISBN:0674029747
Description: New. Harvard-educated herpetologist Kate Jackson set up her tent in a pygmy village, along with a cook and guide, and went to collect Central African snakes, lizards and frogs--many of which had never before been identified or catalogued. In a delightful... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780674029743ISBN:0674029747
Description: New in new dust jacket. brand new hardcover with dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 328 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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