Where the Wild Things Were : Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

English

ISBN: 1596912995

EAN: 9781596912991

Category: Science / Life Sciences / Ecology/Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection/Science / Life Sciences / Biology / General/Nature / Animals/

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Release Date: 07/09/2008

Synopsis: A provocative look at how the disappearance of the worlds great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist. It wasnt so long ago that wolves and great cats, monstrous fish and flying raptors ruled the peak of natures food pyramid. Not so anymore. All but exterminated, these predators of the not-too-distant past have been reduced to minor players of the modern era. And what of it? Wildlife journalist William Stolzenburg follows in the wake of natures topmost carnivores, and finds chaos in their absence. From the brazen mobs of deer and marauding raccoons of backyard America to streamsides of Yellowstone National Park crushed by massive herds of elk; from urchin-scoured reefs in the North Pacific to ant-devoured islands in Venezuela, Stolzenburg leads a startling tour through bizarre, impoverished landscapes of pest and plague. For anyone who has seldom given thought to the meat-eating beasts so recently missing from the web of life, here is a world of reason to think again.

Awards: Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null 

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Where the Wild Things Were : Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.18 inches

Width: 6.41 inches

Length: 9.57 inches

Weight: 20.04 oz

Pages: 304