Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
- ISBN-10
- 0374530432
- ISBN-13
- 9780374530433
- Series
- Out of Eden
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-05-02
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alan Burdick
Description
In this search for both scientific answers and ecological authenticity, the author tours the front lines of ecological invasion in the company of world-class scientists to explore the disparity between what is nature and what is natural.
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- 2016-02-04
- 264 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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- 2016
- 241 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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- 2010-09-05
- 242 pages
- Paperback
- Princeton University Press
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