The Kingdom of Rarities by Eric Dinerstein (Author).When you look out your window, why are you so more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland's warbler or a California condor? Why are some animals naturally uncommon and others so ample? The search to search out and research seldom-seen jaguars and flamboyant Andean cocks-of-the-rock is as alluring to naturalists as it is vitally essential to science. From the Himalayan slopes of Bhutan of the most isolated mountain ranges of New Guinea, The Kingdom of Rarities takes us to some of the least-traveled locations on the planet to catch a glimpse of these distinctive animals and lots of others. As he shares stories of these species, Eric Dinerstein gives readers a deep appreciation of their ecological significance and the urgency of defending all varieties of life - the unusual and considerable alike.
An eye-opening tour of the uncommon and exotic, The Kingdom of Rarities affords us a brand new understanding of the pure world, one which places rarity in the middle of conservation biology. Looking at real-time threats to biodiversity, from local weather change to habitat fragmentation, and drawing on his lengthy and distinguished scientific career, Dinerstein offers readers recent insights into fascinating questions in regards to the science of rarity and unforgettable experiences from the field.
One of many secrets and techniques of being a profitable naturalist, as Eric Dinerstein observes in his splendid new guide, is "tips on how to observe what Buddist lecturers name the sacred art of pausing." In "The Kingdom of Rarities," Dr. Dinerstein offers the fortunate reader a few of the reflections and insights he has gained in forty years of pausing in a few of the most spectacular locations on earth.
Turns out that crisscrossing the continents with a renowned naturalist and conservation scientist as he searches for essentially the most elusive and rarest species on the planet runs, early on, into an irony. Essentially the most ample and (to date) profitable species on the planet constitute only 25% of life on earth. Uncommon species--those hanging onto life by the slenderest of threads--constitute the remaining seventy five%. Rarity, in other phrases, is commonplace; the condition of being commonplace is what's rare. And therein lies a cautionary tale that the author gently, and with nice erudition, unfolds for the reader.
This is a book that can be learned on several levels: as a tour guide to unique species and places; as an ecology primer that's eminently readable and accessible to the lay reader; and as a philosophical and moral musing on the relationship between one of the crucial ample and harmful species of all--homo sapiens--and the rest of life on the planet that sustains us. Whichever degree you choose to read it on, you should have been rewarded for having read it.
Tagging together with Dr. Dinerstein, you'll journey to misplaced words and different hidden locations--from the steamy depths of the Amazon to the lofty peaks of Bhutan--the place, because of the author's evocative prose, you will vicariously experience, as he did, "the joys of a first sighting: an uncommon species you've got to wait your complete life to see by itself phrases, in its personal place."
Along the best way, you will painlessly study about the latest ideas in conservation biology. But don't be concerned: This writer knows a lot about easy methods to translate scientific vocabulary into phrases that resonate with the rest of us.
Learn this book and be grateful that Dr. Dinerstein took the time to pause in all the proper places and replicate on the lessons that we all have to know with a view to bequeath a better world to our youngsters.
The Kingdom of Rarities
Eric Dinerstein (Author)
312 pages
Island Press; First Edition edition (January 17, 2013)
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