Call of Nature: The Secret Life of Dung
by Jones, R
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Pelagic Publishing, 2017. 280, b/w illus. 234x156mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name pencilled to endpaper.. Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of natures ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dung-rolling beetles to bat guano and giant elephant droppings, dung creates a miniature ecosystem to be explored by the aspiring dung watcher.The author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor learn your way around different species droppings. Theres also a dung-feeders identification guide that includes the species youre most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap.. [9781784271053]
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- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
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- Title
- Call of Nature: The Secret Life of Dung
- Author
- Jones, R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1784271055
- ISBN 13
- 9781784271053
- Publisher
- Pelagic Publishing
- Date Published
- 2017
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)