Where the wild things were life, death, and ecological wreckage in a land of vanishing predators
A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist.
| Main Author: | Stolzenburg, William. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: |
A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist. |
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| Physical Description: |
291 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-278) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781596912991 1596912995 |
| Author Notes: |
William Stolzenburg has studied predator control techniques, monitored endangered species, and written hundreds of magazine features and columns on the science of rarity and extinction for Nature Conservancy and Science News , among others. He lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. |