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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Moorhead Public Library | 591.41 RUX (Text) | 33500013129218 | Main | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780300239881
- ISBN: 0300239882
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Physical Description:
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224 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword by Norman Owen-Smith -- Introduction -- ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | The colossal plants and animals of our ... Read More |
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| Genre: | Pictorial works. Illustrated works. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aNature's giants : ‡bthe biology and evolution of the world's largest lifeforms / ‡cGraeme D. Ruxton ; foreword by Norman Owen-Smith. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew Haven ; ‡aLondon : ‡bYale University Press, ‡c[2019] | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 520 | . | ‡aThe colossal plants and animals of our world-dinosaurs, whales, and even trees-are a source of unending fascination, and their sheer scale can be truly impressive. Size is integral to the way that organisms experience the world: a puddle that a human being would step over without thinking is an entire world to thousands of microscopic rotifers. But why are creatures the size that they are? Why aren't bugs the size of elephants, or whales the size of goldfish? In this lavishly illustrated new book, biologist Graeme Ruxton explains how and why nature's giants came to be so big-for example, how decreased oxygen levels limited the size of insects and how island isolation allowed small-bodied animals to evolve larger body sizes. Through a diverse array of examples, from huge butterflies to giant squid, Ruxton explores the physics, biology, and evolutionary drivers behind organism size, showing what it's like to live large. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aForeword by Norman Owen-Smith -- Introduction -- 1. Life on a large scale -- 2. Dinosaurs -- 3. Massive mammals -- 4. Giants of the deep -- 5. Giants of the skies -- 6. Giant insects -- 7. Immense invertebrates -- 8. Record reptiles and amphibians -- 9. Green giants. |
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