Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotic Species in America
- ISBN-10
- 0393323242
- ISBN-13
- 9780393323245
- Category
- Animal introduction
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Kim Todd
Description
A fascinating natural history of non-native species currently living and thriving in America focuses on the various experiments, most well-intentioned, that introduced many foriegn life forms to the continent. Reprint.
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