Why does the world stay green? : nutrition and survival of plant-eaters /

Nearly every form of life has the capacity to multiply and increase at a really astonishing rate. Think of plagues of locusts or mice. Clearly, for the vast majority of animals this does not happen, otherwise they would swamp the world and destroy all the plants. So why doesnt it happen, and why doe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, T. C. R. (Thomas C. R.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., ©2005.
Temas:
Population biology.
Animal-plant relationships.
Nitrogen in animal nutrition.
Biologie des populations.
Relations animal-plante.
Azote dans l'alimentation des animaux.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Animal-plant relationships
Nitrogen in animal nutrition
Population biology
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Chapter 1 The green world; Chapter 2 Herbivores are fussy eaters; Chapter 3 With a little help from microbes; Chapter 4 Meat-eating vegetarians and cannibals; Chapter 5 Feeding the favoured few; Chapter 6 Inefficient killers; Chapter 7 Plagues, outbreaks and the tyranny of weather; Afterword; Further reading; Index.

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