Koala : a natural history and an uncertain future
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324036845
- ISBN: 1324036834
- ISBN: 9781324036838
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Physical Description:
322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in Australia in 2022 as Koala: A Life in Trees by Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Books Pty Ltd."--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Into the woods. Koalas rare and plenty -- From fossils and bones. Dropbears in the family ; The Lakes District ; From the gulf to the sea ; A giant at the foot of the world -- Life in the forest. Anatomy of a climber ; The eucalypt empire ; You are what you eat ; The guts of the problem -- A life in reflection. From pouch to piggyback ; Sociable loners ; When it's smart to be slow ; Sensory overload -- Everything changes. Koalas far and wide ; A new arrival ; The English annexation ; War and guns ; Saving the koala -- Future tense. Sex, disease, and genetic diversity ; Expansion and retreat ; Under fire ; In a perfect world. |
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Subject: | Koala Habitat Australia Koala Ecology Australia Koala Australia |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 599.25 C643k 2023 (Text) | 33126025322656 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2022 August
Award-winning Australian biologist Clode frequently spotted koalas in her backyard but began studying them in earnest when they were threatened by wildfire. Here she charts the evolutionary biology and ecology of the beloved but endangered koala, the only survivor of a once-diverse family of uniquely Australian marsupials.
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