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...
Основен автор: | White, T. C. R. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Pub.,
℗♭2005.
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Why does the world stay green?. |
Съдържание:
- 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.