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Author Bonta, Mark, 1969-

Title Seven names for the bellbird : conservation geography in Honduras / Mark Bonta.

Publication Info. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206).
Summary Annotation "Seven Names for the Bellbird showcases the deep-rooted local traditions of bird appreciation and holds them up as a model for sound management of the environment. Through his recounting of local lore, author Mark Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the scarce anthropological and geographical literature on human-environment relationships in Central America and also provides wonderful stories of native birds and their human observers." "Bonta uses the concept of 'conservation geography' - the study of human beings and their landscapes, with natural resource conservation in the forefront - to advance his argument. He describes many cases in which local individuals and their traditional knowledge of birds contribute to a de facto variety of bird conservation that precedes or parallels 'official' bird protection efforts." "This book is not offered as 'proof' that all birds have happy futures in the Neotropics. Bonta recognizes the ravages of both human pressures and natural disasters on the birds and forests. But he shows that in many instances, birds are safe and even thrive in the presence of local people, who 'celebrate them just as often as they persecute them.'"--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Contents Introduction to Conservation Geography -- Ch. 1. Ornithophilia -- Ch. 2. Historical and Geographical Background -- Ch. 3. Women, Children, and Birds -- Ch. 4. Counterpoint of Zorzal and Zopilote in Juticalpa -- Ch. 5. Large Private Landowners as Conservationists -- Ch. 6. Pajarales in Human Landscapes -- Ch. 7. Owls, Cacaos, and Golden-cheeked Warblers -- Ch. 8. People and Avifauna of Montane Rain Forests -- Ch. 9. Landscape Dialogues -- App. Birds Recorded in Central Olancho, 1937-2002.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Birds -- Honduras.
Birds.
Honduras.
Birds -- Honduras -- Folklore.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Subject Birds -- Conservation -- Honduras.
Birds -- Conservation.
Birds -- Effect of human beings on -- Honduras.
Birds -- Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology -- Honduras.
Human ecology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bonta, Mark, 1969- Seven names for the bellbird. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2003 1585442496 (DLC) 2002154063 (OCoLC)51046849
ISBN 158544880X (electronic book)
9781585448807 (electronic book)
1585442496 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781585442492 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781603446822
1603446826