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Keeping All the Pieces: Perspectives on Natural History and the Environment
Whit Gibbons
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Paperback. With scholarly expertise and infectious enthusiasm, Whit Gibbons explores the many pieces that support our natural environment. In these essays he celebrates the beauty of biodiversity and laments the tragedy of ecovoids, a term he coined to describe missing components of our environment." Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
With scholarly expertise and infectious enthusiasm, Whit Gibbons explores the many pieces that support our natural environment. Whether describing caterpillar disguises, fish that produce antifreeze, the mutual reliance of rhinoceroses and Trewia trees, or the origins of tumbleweed, he affirms the delicate and intricate biological relationships between species and encourages a deeper knowledge of our natural world. In these essays Gibbons celebrates the beauty of biodiversity and laments the tragedy of ""ecovoids,"" a term he coined to describe missing components of our environment that we wish were still present but can never be replaced.
With scholarly expertise and infectious enthusiasm, Whit Gibbons explores the many pieces that support our natural environment. Whether describing caterpillar disguises, fish that produce antifreeze, the mutual reliance of rhinoceroses and Trewia trees, or the origins of tumbleweed, he affirms the delicate and intricate biological relationships between species and encourages a deeper knowledge of our natural world. In these essays Gibbons celebrates the beauty of biodiversity and laments the tragedy of ""ecovoids,"" a term he coined to describe missing components of our environment that we wish were still present but can never be replaced.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820332482
SKU
V9780820332482
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