num_pages: 256
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
publisher: Princeton University Press