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The raptor and the lamb : predators and prey in the living world / Christopher McGowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGowan, Christopher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Predation (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
- Summary:
- Zoologist Christopher McGowan takes us on a guided tour of predator-prey relationships from the very different but often overlapping worlds of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, plants, insects, and micro-organisms, as well as from the fossilized record of the dinosaurs. We see fascinating intricacies of interdependence and astonishing adaptability in the unending struggle in nature between those who kill or would be killed. Illus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805042989
- OCLC:
- 36126723
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