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The raptor and the lamb : predators and prey in the living world / Christopher McGowan.
- Title
- The raptor and the lamb : predators and prey in the living world / Christopher McGowan.
- Author
- McGowan, Christopher
- Publication
- New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QL758 .M35 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 272 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Dr. Christopher McGowan takes the reader on a guided tour of predator-prey relationships through the very different but often overlapping worlds of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, plants, insects, and microorganisms, as well as the fossilized record of the dinosaurs. We learn, in every instance, not only the intricacies of interdependence in the vast chain of being but also the astonishing adaptability that is inherent in nature, whether the drama be played out on the African plains, in the depths of the ocean, or in the familiar confines of our own backyard."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-257) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Nature, Red in Tooth and Claw -- 2. In Cold Blood -- 3. Death at Sea -- 4. Avoiding Attention -- 5. Air Strike -- 6. The Scorpion's Sting -- 7. Saurian Warriors -- 8. Warfare in Miniature -- 9. The Interminable Struggle -- Epilogue: In an English Country Garden.
- ISBN
- 0805042989 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^96053506^
- OCLC
- 36126723
- SCSB-10483001
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library