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The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution
George Barlow
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Description for The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution
Paperback. "The Cichlid Fishes is a marvelous narrative about an extraordinary family of creatures. Barlow's fertile synthesis belongs in the pantheon of natural-history classics."-Natural History Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Cichlid fishes are amazing creatures. In terms of sheer number of species, they are the most successful of all families of vertebrate animals, and the extent and speed with which they have evolved in some African lakes has made them the darlings of evolutionary biologists. With warmth and wit, Barlow describes the remarkably high intelligence of these fishes, their complex mating and parenting rituals, their bizarre feeding and fighting habits, and their highly unusual adaptations. A celebration of their diversity, The Cichlid Fishes is also a marvellous exploration of how these animals might help resolve the age-old puzzle of how ... Read more
Cichlid fishes are amazing creatures. In terms of sheer number of species, they are the most successful of all families of vertebrate animals, and the extent and speed with which they have evolved in some African lakes has made them the darlings of evolutionary biologists. With warmth and wit, Barlow describes the remarkably high intelligence of these fishes, their complex mating and parenting rituals, their bizarre feeding and fighting habits, and their highly unusual adaptations. A celebration of their diversity, The Cichlid Fishes is also a marvellous exploration of how these animals might help resolve the age-old puzzle of how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Boulder, United States
ISBN
9780738205281
SKU
V9780738205281
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About George Barlow
George W. Barlow is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California at Berkeley.
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