Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, 1979
- Softcover
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- Title
- Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective
- Author
- Paul Colinvaux
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691023646
- ISBN 13
- 9780691023649
- Item weight
- 0.72 pounds
Here is one of the most provocative, wide-ranging, and delightful books ever written about our environment. Paul Colinvaux takes a penetrating look at the science of ecology, bringing to his subject both profound knowledge and an enthusiasm that will encourage a greater understanding of the environment and of the efforts of those who seek to preserve it.
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From the Back Cover
"A highly readable and accessible account of the complex way in which nature has molded its ecosystems by fitting predators to prey and food chains to both."--John Barkham
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