The Smaller Majority, The Hidden World of the Animals that Dominate the Tropics
by Naskrecki, Piotr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674019156
- ISBN 13
- 9780674019157
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Quarto. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Boards have some very faint fading along board edges Smaller, on average, than a human finger, creatures climbing, scampering, and flying out of sight make up 99 percent of all animal life visible to the naked eye. This is the smaller majority that we meet eye-to-eye, often for the first time and certainly as never before, in Piotr Naskrecki's spectacular book. A large-format volume of over 400 exquisite, full-color photographs, some depicting animals never before captured with a camera, The Smaller Majority takes us on a visual journey into the remote world of organisms that, however little known, overlooked, or even reviled, are critical to the biodiversity of the tropics, and to the life of our planet.
Here are the species who truly dominate the tropics, both in terms of their diversity and the ecological functions they play: invertebrates such as insects, arachnids, or flatworms, but also little-known vertebrates such as the pygmy chameleons of Madagascar or legless, underground frog kin known as caecilians; here is behavior never before documented, as in katydids preying upon one another, photographed in places few have visited.
Using pioneering camera techniques that allow us to see the world of these creatures from their point of view, the book exposes the environment in which they live, the threats they face, and the devastating impact their disappearance may have.
A unique introduction to the marvelous variety of the overlooked life under our feet, Naskrecki book returns us to a child's sense of wonder with a fully informed, deeply felt understanding of the importance of so much of the worlds smaller, teeming life. Colour photos
Here are the species who truly dominate the tropics, both in terms of their diversity and the ecological functions they play: invertebrates such as insects, arachnids, or flatworms, but also little-known vertebrates such as the pygmy chameleons of Madagascar or legless, underground frog kin known as caecilians; here is behavior never before documented, as in katydids preying upon one another, photographed in places few have visited.
Using pioneering camera techniques that allow us to see the world of these creatures from their point of view, the book exposes the environment in which they live, the threats they face, and the devastating impact their disappearance may have.
A unique introduction to the marvelous variety of the overlooked life under our feet, Naskrecki book returns us to a child's sense of wonder with a fully informed, deeply felt understanding of the importance of so much of the worlds smaller, teeming life. Colour photos
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54809
- Title
- The Smaller Majority, The Hidden World of the Animals that Dominate the Tropics
- Author
- Naskrecki, Piotr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674019156
- ISBN 13
- 9780674019157
- Publisher
- The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 278
- Keywords
- Animals of the Tropics insects, frogs, tropical animals, lizards
- X weight
- 1165.000 kg
- Size
- Quarto
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