| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
xv, 332 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published as Survivors in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Old horseshoes -- The search for the velvet worm -- Slimy mounds -- Life in hot water -- An inveterate bunch -- Greenery -- Of fishes and hellbenders -- Heat in the blood -- Islands, ice -- Survivors against the odds. |
| Summary |
Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals, and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days--the planet's "true marathon runners." |
| Subject |
Arthropoda -- Conservation.
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Arthropoda. |
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Invertebrates -- Conservation.
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Invertebrates. |
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Limulus polyphemus -- Conservation.
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Limulus polyphemus. |
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Worms.
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Worms. |
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Plant conservation.
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Plant conservation. |
| ISBN |
9780307263612 |
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0307263614 |
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