How the Earthquake Bird Got Its Name and Other Tales of an - Unbalanced Natur

Zusammenfassung Presents important ecological concepts through animal parables. This book tells the stories of particular birds and mammals - the packrat, ivory-billed woodpecker, penguin, dingo, European rabbit, and others - and what their fates reveal about the interactions between environmental change and the extinctions or explosions of species populations.

Product details

• Authors: H. H. Shugart, H.H. Shugart
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2007
• EAN: 9780300122701
• ISBN: 978-0-300-12270-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Applied ecology, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Animal Ecology, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Zoology and animal sciences, NATURE; Animals; Ecology