The Living World

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Teresa Farino

London

'Teresa Farino: The Living World ' összes példány

Kiadó:	Tiger Books International
Kiadás helye:	London
Kiadás éve:	1992
Kötés típusa:	Fűzött kemény papírkötés
Oldalszám:	304 oldal
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Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	36 cm x 26 cm
ISBN:	1-85501-242-1
Megjegyzés:	Színes fotókkal.

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the LIVING WORLD The Liuing World, superbly illustrated with over 1,100 colour photographs, is an account of the earth's eleven major habitat types, each of which is described in terms of its climate and vegetation, with a brief explanation of its natural formation and later modification at the hands of man. The main thrust of the book, however, concerns the characteristic animals of each habitat and the physical and biochemical adaptations which enable them to survive in the freezing polar regions, the scorching deserts or the fathomless depths of the oceans. Man is by no means left out of the picture, as he is among the most widespread of all the world's creatures - the least specialised and the most adaptable.

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• CON TENTS •
Introduction 6 CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 1 Oceans 166
Grasslands 14 CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 2 Coastlands 182
Arid Lands 54 CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 3 Fresh Water 210
Polar Regions 88 CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 4 Tropical Forests 246
Boreal Forests 108 CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 5 Temperate Forests 276
Mountains 124 Picture Index 302
CHAPTER 6
Islands 146
Previous pages: waterlilies on Lake Malawi, (inset left) a bee orchid and
(inset right) a red-eyed tree frog. Left: the translucent magenta polyps of
the sea anemone Corynactis and (above) an Indonesian Atlas moth.