In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects
With canny insight and bone-dry wit, John Alcock, a specialist in the ecology of the American Southwest, introduces us to the lives and loves of desert insects as they forage through his backyard oasis. Creating his own desert garden behind his suburban home in Tempe, Arizona, Alcock scrutinizes every square inch of soil detailing the exotic plant life he finds and offering tips on its peccadilloes and preservation.The true heroes of this story, however, are the bugs of Alcock's backyard. We are drawn into complex plots almost biblical in nature of life and love, survival and death. Two male earwigs caught in each other's pincers battle for a…
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Weitere Autoren: Forsyth, Turid (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-0-393-04118-7
- EAN: 9780393041187
- Produktnummer: 9257966
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H26.4 cm x B20.0 cm x D1.9 cm 644 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 644
Über den Autor
John Alcock is professor of zoology at Arizona State University.
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