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an exploration into how life organizes and supports itself

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An edition of The ptarmigan's dilemma (2010)

The ptarmigan's dilemma

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The authors examine what the mechanisms of evolution are and how they work. With examples from the very latest discoveries in genetics and ones they have made in their own field work, "The Ptarmigan's Dilemma" "is a ground-breaking explanation of evolution for non-scientists--and a look at the rich diversity of life on Earth that's under threat today.

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McClelland & Stewart
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English
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401

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Adaptatie (fysiologie, biologie), Ecology, Évolution (Biologie), Evolutionaire biologie, Ecosystemen, Vie (Biologie), Populatiedynamica, Écologie, Life (Biology), Evolution (Biology), SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Evolution
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The ptarmigan's dilemma: an exploration into how life organizes and supports itself
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Toronto, Ont

Table of Contents

A twig in an eddy
Species adapting, adjusting. Where the wood duck got its beauty ; Big elk, little elk ; Dawn chorus ; The perfect moose
Populations : slaves to the rules. Give me land, lots of land ; High-stakes living ; Ten thousand reindeer ; Labrador wild ; All individuals are not created equal ; Footnote : what about humans?
Ecosystems : wildly active. War on the shrub-steppe ; Behind the scenes ; Team play
Prospects. Out of the slag heap of nature ; The ptarmigan's dilemma ; Let there be life
Crouching on the highest step.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-380) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
576.8
Library of Congress
QH366.2 .T52 2010, QH366.2 .T51 2010eb, QH366.2 .T44 2010, QH366.2 .T51 2010

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401 p. :
Number of pages
401

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Open Library
OL25320745M
Internet Archive
ptarmigansdilemm0000theb
ISBN 10
0771085192
ISBN 13
9780771085192
LCCN
2009935649
OCLC/WorldCat
437081481

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