TY - BOOK ID - 77904562 TI - Seven names for the bellbird PY - 2003 SN - 1299053734 1603446826 158544880X 9781585448807 1585442496 9781585442492 9781603446822 9781299053731 PB - College Station Texas A & M University Press DB - UniCat KW - Human ecology KW - Birds KW - Ecology KW - Environment, Human KW - Human beings KW - Human environment KW - Ecological engineering KW - Human geography KW - Nature KW - Aves KW - Avian fauna KW - Avifauna KW - Wild birds KW - Amniotes KW - Vertebrates KW - Ornithology KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Conservation KW - Social aspects KW - Effect of environment on UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77904562 AB - After a decade in the field of Honduras, Bonta came to realize that, contrary to outsiders' beliefs, the society he observed was predisposed "to like birds, to observe birds, to weave them into folklore, and to protect them on private property." Bonta argues that if North Americans and Europeans were to pay real attention to local knowledge and practice, they would learn that rural cultures offer alternative ways of accommodating habitats and wildlife. ER -