Wild, Dennis.

The double-crested cormorant : symbol of ecological conflict / Dennis Wild. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012. - xiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assault on Little Galloo Island : an act of desperation -- From mysterious rescuer to a partner to a fowl curse -- Flight : when a dinosaur looked down upon gravity -- A time to sink and swim -- The face of extinction : eggshells versus DDT -- Champlain, Native peoples, and Henderson Harbor -- Fishing America's "fifth coast" -- Ashmole's halo : a righteous model of what should have happened -- Little Galloo Island revisited : praise and outrage -- Treaties and legislation : war of the wilderness -- Agencies and wildlife conservation at work : cormorants in a vise -- Catfish on a shoestring : a primer -- The annual battle of the ponds -- Fortune, timelines, and their intersections : when worlds collide -- Concessions and conclusions.

9780472117635 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472117637 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780472028122 (e-book) 047202812X (e-book)

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Double-crested cormorant--North America.
Double-crested cormorant--Economic aspects--North America.
Bird pests--North America.
Human-animal relationships--North America.

QL696.P4745 / W55 2012

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