Ecology
- ISBN-10
- 030764359X
- ISBN-13
- 9780307643599
- Series
- Ecology
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1973
- Publisher
- Goldencraft
- Author
- Taylor Richard Alexander
Description
Examines ecology, the study of how land, water, air, humans, plants, and animals function as systems relating to each other, and describes how they affect each other and the world.
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