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Author	Shugart, H. H.
Title	How the earthquake bird got its name and other tales of an unbalanced nature / H.H. Shugart.
Publication Info.	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2004.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	590 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	xii, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-217) and index.
Contents	The big woodpecker that was too picky -- The black-headed bird named Whitehead -- The rat that hid time in its nest -- The earthquake bird and the possum -- The most common bird on earth -- The engineering rodent -- The fall of the big bird -- The wolf that was woman's best friend -- The gentle invader -- Planetary stewardship.
Subject	Animals -- Anecdotes.
	Ecology.
	Global environmental change.
ISBN	030010457X (alk. paper)

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