The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules Tim Blackburn Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Natural History

Every Morning Ecologist Tim Blackburn Is Inspired By The Diversity Contained Within Moth Trap He Runs On His Roof Beautiful And Ineffably Mysterious These Moths Offer A Glimpse Into Larger Order One That Extends Beyond Individual Species Hidden Landscape Footmen Whose Populations Are March As Their Lichen Food Recovers From Decades Of Industrial Pollution Goat Thumb-Sized Broken Stick Mimic Takes Several Years To Mature Deep In Wood Tree Trunks Oak Eggar With Look Bemused Honey Monster Host Large Wasp Eats Its Caterpillars Alive Inside Uncertain Similarity Other Has Motivated English Name Silver Y Weight Measured Milligrams But Capable Migrating Across Continent Magical Contraption Conjuring Hundreds Insect Jewels Out Darkness Just Iron Filings Arrange Themselves Articulate Magnetic Field Would Otherwise Be Invisible Shows Us When We Pay Proper Attention Tiny Animals Relationships Another Connections Wider Web Life Greater Truth About World Gradually Emerges Jewel Box Reflects What Learned Thirty Work Scientist Studying Ecosystems Demonstrates How Contents Small Can Illuminate Workings All Nature Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0917 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm