[Mnbird] Public lecture on the ornithology of the Amazon

[Arjun Guneratne]

Public lecture


Mario Cohn-Haft

Staff Scientist, Curator of Birds, and member of the graduate faculty in
Ecology at the Brazilian National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
in Manaus



speaking on




*What makes the Amazon so special? An ornithologist’s view*



Dr. Cohn-Haft will discuss the diversity of the Amazon, its size, tropical
climate, ecological heterogeneity, fine-tuned specializations, unique
river-delimited distribution patterns, and the threats that confront this
extraordinary ecosystem. His work is described in Elizabeth Kolbert’s
book, *The
Sixth Extinction*.

On October 29, 2019

In the Harmon Room, Macalester College Library

At 11:45 a.m.


All are welcome
-- 
Arjun Guneratne
Professor of Anthropology
& Director of Asian Studies
Department of Anthropology
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Phone: (651) 696-6362
Fax: (651) 696-6324

President, Macalester AAUP All-Faculty Chapter
https://www.aaup.org/membership/join

Book Review Editor for South Asia,
*The Journal of Asian Studies*

Website
<http://www.macalester.edu/academics/anthropology/facultystaff/arjunguneratne/>
Publications <http://works.bepress.com/arjun_guneratne/>
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