Ecoviews : Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales /

"The book celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms."--Cover

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibbons, Whit, 1939-
Other Authors: Gibbons, Anne R., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : The University of Alabama Press, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nature > Effets de l'homme.
Écologie > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Natural history.
Human ecology.
Ecology.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
NATURE > Reference.
NATURE > Essays.
human ecology.
natural sciences.
Écologie humaine.
Sciences naturelles.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Do trees own themselves? Thoughts to ponder
  • Wanderlust, cannibals, and chemical warfare: amazing animal acts
  • Why did the turtle cross the road? Research questions and occasional answers
  • Not all the answers are black-and-white: the world of sight and scent
  • Ever smoke a Colorado toad? On the lighter side of ecology
  • Barbershop ecology: true tales worth telling
  • In your own backyard: exploring nature's wonders
  • Time to put out the night light: in our opinion.

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