Feral Future
Subtitle: The Untold Story of Australia's Exotic Invaders
Edition: University of Chicago Press Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9780226494197
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Pollution & threats to the environment; Biogeography; Science; Science/Mathematics; Australia; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Ecology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Biological invasions; Exotic plants; Pest introduction; Plant introduction
First sentence: In the Book of Genesis, God vents his wrath upon Adam for tasting the forbidden fruit: 'cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you'.