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Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Bates The Nature of Natural History


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ISBN: 978-1-4008-6154-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 332 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

ISBN: 978-1-4008-6154-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
 Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

This classic work is an exploration of what natural history is, and a sustained effort to see how it relates to other areas of biology. Marston Bates did not attempt to overwhelm his audience with facts or overinterpret those he did use, and, perhaps for this reason, The Nature of Natural History is a timeless work. The author's genuine interest in the tropics has a very current feeling, and the first ten or fifteen chapters of the work have a style that is parallel to that of David Attenborough's verbal presentations of nature. From the book: "I have already made several remarks about the connection between parasitism and degeneracy. I suspect this is a matter of point of view. We are predatory animals ourselves, and consequently admire the characteristics of predationagility, speed, cunning, self-reliance. We feel a certain kinship with the lion, and regard the liver fluke with horror. If a sheep were given the choice, though, it might prefer to be debilitated by liver flukes rather than killed by a lion."

Originally published in 1990.

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Bates, Marston

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Weitere Infos & Material

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition, pg. ix
CHAPTER I. The Science of Natural History, pg. 1
CHAPTER II. The Naming of Organisms, pg. 9
CHAPTER III. The Catalogue of Nature, pg. 23
CHAPTER IV. The History of Organisms, pg. 42
CHAPTER V. Reproduction, pg. 56
CHAPTER VI. The Devehpment of the Individual, pg. 72
CHAPTER VII. The Environment, pg. 90
CHAPTER VIII. Biotic Communities, pg. 106
CHAPTER IX. Partnership and Cooperation, pg. 122
CHAPTER X. Parasitism, pg. 137
CHAPTER XI. The Behavior of Individuals, pg. 155
CHAPTER XII. The Behavior of Popufations, pg. 169
CHAPTER XIII. Biological Geography, pg. 187
CHAPTER XIV. Adaptations, pg. 204
CHAPTER XV. The Mechanism of Evolution, pg. 222
CHAPTER XVI. Natural History and Human Economy, pg. 238
CHAPTER XVII. The Natural History of Naturalists, pg. 252
CHAPTER XVIII. Tactics, Strategy and the Goal, pg. 268
APPENDIX I. The Literature of Natural History, pg. 285
APPENDIX II. The Recent Literature of Natural History, pg. 299
Index, pg. 311

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