|aWild horse scientists / |cwritten by Kathryn Frydenborg
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|aBoston : |bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, |c2012
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|a80 p. : |bcol. ill., col. maps ; |c24 x 29 cm.
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|aScientists in the field
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index
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|aStalking wild horses -- Considering color -- Going wild -- When is a pony really a horse? Sorting out sizes -- Watching wild horses -- Science in a salt marsh, science on a sandbar -- Wild horses : shoot to save -- FAQ on PZP -- Forever wild? -- Glossary -- Some places to see wild horses in America -- If you want to help
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|aWild horses--Assateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.)--Juvenile literature
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|aWildlife conservationists--Assateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.)--Juvenile literature
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|aAssateague Island National Seashore (Md. and Va.)--Juvenile literature
Dr. Ron Keiper and Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick have both, in their own unique way, made the wild horses of Assateague Island, Maryland their lives?work. Experience Dr. Keiper's handwritten notesaken over countless watchful hours in the fieldhich are both a diary and a scientific log that chart the lives of his equine subjects, some of nature's greatest survivors. And follow Dr. Kirkpatrick from the lab to the field as he works tirelessly to find a way to manage the horse population with a birth control vaccine, and helps keep the precarious balance of Assateague ecosystem intact. Descriptive prose meets solid science as author Kay Frydenborg offers a rare glimpse into the wild herds of Assateague, sharing beautiful photos of the Assateague herds in their island home and of both of the scientists at workome of them never seen before.
Dr. Ron Keiper and Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick have both, in their own unique way, made the wild horses of Assateague Island, Maryland their lives?work. Experience Dr. Keiper's handwritten notesaken over countless watchful hours in the fieldhich are both a diary and a scientific log that chart the lives of his equine subjects, some of nature's greatest survivors. And follow Dr. Kirkpatrick from the lab to the field as he works tirelessly to find a way to manage the horse population with a birth control vaccine, and helps keep the precarious balance of Assateague ecosystem intact. Descriptive prose meets solid science as author Kay Frydenborg offers a rare glimpse into the wild herds of Assateague, sharing beautiful photos of the Assateague herds in their island home and of both of the scientists at workome of them never seen before.