Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective

Author:   Paul Colinvaux ,  Cristina Eisenberg
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   56
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9780691178080


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Paul Colinvaux ,  Cristina Eisenberg
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   56
ISBN:  

9780691178080


ISBN 10:   0691178089
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 May 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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"""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 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 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 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 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 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


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Paul A. Colinvaux (1930–2016) was an ecologist and professor emeritus at Ohio State University. His books include The Fate of Nations, Ecology, and Amazon Expeditions: My Quest for the Ice Age Equator. Cristina Eisenberg is chief scientist at the Earthwatch Institute and the author of The Wolf's Tooth and The Carnivore Way.

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