New Guinea: Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island
An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim LamanIn this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic...
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| Zusammenfassung: | An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim LamanIn this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island. Skillfully combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before.Lying between the Equator and Australia's north coast, and surrounded by the richest coral reefs on Earth, New Guinea is the world's largest, highest, and most environmentally complex tropical island—home to rainforests with showy rhododendrons, strange and colorful orchids, tree-kangaroos, spiny anteaters, ingenious bowerbirds, and spectacular birds of paradise. New Guinea is also home to more than a thousand traditional human societies, each with its own language and lifestyle, and many of these tribes still live in isolated villages and serve as stewards of the rainforests they inhabit.Accessible and authoritative, New Guinea provides a comprehensive introduction to the island's environment, animals, plants, and traditional rainforest cultures. Individual chapters cover the island's history of exploration; geology; climate and weather; biogeography; plantlife; insects, spiders, and other invertebrates; freshwater fishes; snakes, lizards, and frogs; birdlife; mammals; paleontology; paleoanthropology; cultural and linguistic diversity; surrounding islands and reefs; the pristine forest of the Foja Mountains; village life; and future sustainability.Complete with informative illustrations and a large, detailed map, New Guinea offers an enchanting account of the island's unequalled natural and cultural treasures |
| Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (376 pages) 152 color photos. 1 map |
| ISBN: | 9780691199917 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9780691199917 |
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| spelling | Beehler, Bruce M. Verfasser aut New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island Bruce M. Beehler, Tim Laman Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2020] © 2020 1 online resource (376 pages) 152 color photos. 1 map txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020) An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim LamanIn this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island. Skillfully combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before.Lying between the Equator and Australia's north coast, and surrounded by the richest coral reefs on Earth, New Guinea is the world's largest, highest, and most environmentally complex tropical island—home to rainforests with showy rhododendrons, strange and colorful orchids, tree-kangaroos, spiny anteaters, ingenious bowerbirds, and spectacular birds of paradise. New Guinea is also home to more than a thousand traditional human societies, each with its own language and lifestyle, and many of these tribes still live in isolated villages and serve as stewards of the rainforests they inhabit.Accessible and authoritative, New Guinea provides a comprehensive introduction to the island's environment, animals, plants, and traditional rainforest cultures. Individual chapters cover the island's history of exploration; geology; climate and weather; biogeography; plantlife; insects, spiders, and other invertebrates; freshwater fishes; snakes, lizards, and frogs; birdlife; mammals; paleontology; paleoanthropology; cultural and linguistic diversity; surrounding islands and reefs; the pristine forest of the Foja Mountains; village life; and future sustainability.Complete with informative illustrations and a large, detailed map, New Guinea offers an enchanting account of the island's unequalled natural and cultural treasures In English Aru Islands Bensbach Village Cenderawasih Bay Islands D’Entrecasteaux Islands Louisiade Islands New Guinea guide;New Guinea travel guide;guide to Papua New Guinea;travel guide for Papua New Guinea;Indonesia travel guide;Indonesian archipelago;60 Minutes;introduction;gift for nature lovers Port Moresby Raja Ampat Islands Rondon Ridge Schouten Islands Trans Fly Trobriand Islands Varirata National Park Vitiaz Strait Islands Woodlark Islands amphibians biodiversity bird watching conservation echidnas exotic birds gift for bird lovers gift for bird watchers herpetology marine life natural history ornithology pythons reptiles tropical rain forest SCIENCE / Natural History bisacsh Natural history New Guinea Laman, Tim aut https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691199917 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691199917 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Beehler, Bruce M. Laman, Tim New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island Aru Islands Bensbach Village Cenderawasih Bay Islands D’Entrecasteaux Islands Louisiade Islands New Guinea guide;New Guinea travel guide;guide to Papua New Guinea;travel guide for Papua New Guinea;Indonesia travel guide;Indonesian archipelago;60 Minutes;introduction;gift for nature lovers Port Moresby Raja Ampat Islands Rondon Ridge Schouten Islands Trans Fly Trobriand Islands Varirata National Park Vitiaz Strait Islands Woodlark Islands amphibians biodiversity bird watching conservation echidnas exotic birds gift for bird lovers gift for bird watchers herpetology marine life natural history ornithology pythons reptiles tropical rain forest SCIENCE / Natural History bisacsh Natural history New Guinea |
| title | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island |
| title_auth | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island |
| title_exact_search | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island |
| title_exact_search_txtP | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island |
| title_full | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island Bruce M. Beehler, Tim Laman |
| title_fullStr | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island Bruce M. Beehler, Tim Laman |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Guinea Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island Bruce M. Beehler, Tim Laman |
| title_short | New Guinea |
| title_sort | new guinea nature and culture of earth s grandest island |
| title_sub | Nature and Culture of Earth's Grandest Island |
| topic | Aru Islands Bensbach Village Cenderawasih Bay Islands D’Entrecasteaux Islands Louisiade Islands New Guinea guide;New Guinea travel guide;guide to Papua New Guinea;travel guide for Papua New Guinea;Indonesia travel guide;Indonesian archipelago;60 Minutes;introduction;gift for nature lovers Port Moresby Raja Ampat Islands Rondon Ridge Schouten Islands Trans Fly Trobriand Islands Varirata National Park Vitiaz Strait Islands Woodlark Islands amphibians biodiversity bird watching conservation echidnas exotic birds gift for bird lovers gift for bird watchers herpetology marine life natural history ornithology pythons reptiles tropical rain forest SCIENCE / Natural History bisacsh Natural history New Guinea |
| topic_facet | Aru Islands Bensbach Village Cenderawasih Bay Islands D’Entrecasteaux Islands Louisiade Islands New Guinea guide;New Guinea travel guide;guide to Papua New Guinea;travel guide for Papua New Guinea;Indonesia travel guide;Indonesian archipelago;60 Minutes;introduction;gift for nature lovers Port Moresby Raja Ampat Islands Rondon Ridge Schouten Islands Trans Fly Trobriand Islands Varirata National Park Vitiaz Strait Islands Woodlark Islands amphibians biodiversity bird watching conservation echidnas exotic birds gift for bird lovers gift for bird watchers herpetology marine life natural history ornithology pythons reptiles tropical rain forest SCIENCE / Natural History Natural history New Guinea |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691199917 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691199917 |
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