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Laddar... In Search of the Golden Frog (2000)av Marty Crump
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. As a lab scientist who thinks anything involving mud and the outdoors is gross, I always enjoy reading about the adventures of field biologists. It must be fun (but also tough) to quantify species and study behaviors, and the author does a wonderful job conveying the enjoyable bits of field biology as well as the hardships of the field. A good read. ( ) This is a memoir of one field biologist's 25 years of work in the tropics (mainly Ecuador, but also Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile). Marty Crump works with amphibians, particularly frogs, so there is definitely an under-current of the declining amphibian problem and conservation, as well as a lot of juicy natural history (and quite a few pictures, although mostly B&W). Those are really undertones, though, and people looking for a deep political message or clearly-organized science will be disappointed. This is a memoir, a diary, a collection of vignettes, a love note to field work, frogs, the tropics, and biology in general. This book resonated with me for a lot - I've been to some (although not many) of the sites she mentions, and seen many (although not most) of the species she talks about. While I marvel at how accurately she captures the feeling of the forests and field stations, I also marvel at how different things are now from when she first stepped foot in the tropics over 30 years ago, in both biological and social terms. I also really appreciated the talk of having and raising kids while in the field. It's not a subject that gets mentioned a lot, and it's certainly rare to hear someone admit to not only feeling guilty about leaving their kids to go to the field, but also feeling guilty about leaving their fieldwork to spend time with their kids. My enjoyment of this book is probably colored quite a bit by my similar interests and career path, but it's clearly and engagingly written, and does provide an accurate and interesting picture of tropical fieldwork for the layperson. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Marty Crump has searched for salamanders along the Amazon River; she has surveyed amphibians and reptiles in hostile Huaorani Indian territory; she has been stung by a conga ant and had run-ins with an electric eel, a boa constrictor, and a bushmaster viper. In the course of her travels she has dined, not always eagerly, on wild rat, parrot, guinea pig, and chicken foot soup. And for those among us who prefer our experiences to be vicarious and far away from biting insects, venomous snakes, and inhospitable surroundings, she has written In Search of the Golden Frog. The book is a detailed and fascinating chronicle of Crump's adventures as a field biologist--and as a wife and mother--in South and Central America. Following Crump on her research trips through Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, we learn of amazingly diverse landscapes, equally diverse national traditions and customs, and the natural history of her subject of study, the frog. In leading us through rain forests and onto windswept coasts, Crump introduces us to such compelling creatures as female harlequin frogs, who pounce on males and pound their heads against the ground, and also sounds an alarm about the precipitous decline in amphibian populations around the globe. Crump's perspectives as both a scientist and a mother, juggling the demands of family and professional life, make this highly readable account of fieldwork simultaneously close to home and wildly exotic. A combination of nature writing and travel writing, the richly illustrated In Search of the Golden Frog will whet travelers' appetites, affirm the experiences of seasoned field biologists, and offer the armchair naturalist vivid descriptions of amphibians and their habitats. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)597.8Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Cold-blooded vertebrates, fishes Amphibia ; AmphibiansKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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