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Exploring the secrets of nature / John Palmer, editor ; Neal Martin, art editor

By:

Palmer, John [author]

Contributor(s):

Martin, Neil [art editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Reader's Digest Association Limited, c1994Description: 432 pages : color illustration ; 28 cmISBN:

276421078

Subject(s):

NATURAL HISTORY

LOC classification:

QH 45.5 .R43 1994

Contents:

Launching into life -- Growing up and learning -- Finding a place to live -- In company with others -- The search for food -- Avoiding predators -- Courtship and mating-- Many ways to communicate -- Senses and sensing -- Intelligence and instinct -- Migration and travel -- Nature's changing face -- Nature got there first -- Index -- Acknowledgement.

Summary: "Many long-held beliefs about animal behavior have been challenged by the discoveries made by a new generation of naturalists aided by modern devices as video cameras, tape recorders and radio-tracking transmitters. It is in light of these new theories and exciting discoveries about the animal world that Exploring the Secrets of Nature has been prepared." -- Introduction

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Reference	Reference	REF QH 45.5 .R43 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000004507

Includes index.

"Many long-held beliefs about animal behavior have been challenged by the discoveries made by a new generation of naturalists aided by modern devices as video cameras, tape recorders and radio-tracking transmitters. It is in light of these new theories and exciting discoveries about the animal world that Exploring the Secrets of Nature has been prepared." -- Introduction

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