num_pages: 264
description: Here is one of the most provocative, wide-ranging, and delightful books ever written about our environment. Paul Colinvaux takes a penetrating look at the science of ecology, bringing to his subject both profound knowledge and an enthusiasm that will encourage a greater understanding of the environment and of the efforts of those who seek to preserve it.
language: English
title: Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective
titlecomplete: Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective
genres: Popular Science, History, Environment, Biology, Science, Nature, Ecology, Nonfiction, Natural History, Evolution
ratings_count: 244
publisher: Princeton University Press