Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective (Princeton Science Library)

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective (Princeton Science Library)

by PaulA.Colinvaux (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01 Nov 1979

ISBN 10: 0691023646
ISBN 13: 9780691023649

Media Reviews
A rare achievement... Colinvaux makes us marvel with him at the stability of nature and the incredible fit of every part of it. --New York Times Book Review A mind-tingling survey ... of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things... An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation. --New Yorker 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