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xiii, 288 pages ; 22 cm |
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Includes index |
Contents |
Life in the soil -- Rock-solid foundation -- The spreading chestnut tree -- When the bough bends -- O Tannenbaum -- Reading tree leaves -- Hot- and cold-blooded moths -- Woolly and wondrous -- Winter guests -- Arctic bumblebees -- Beating the heat, and killing with heat -- Bee-lining vs. bee homing -- Beetles and blooms -- Cooperative undertaking : teaming with mites -- Whirligig beetles : quick paddlers -- Ravens on my mind -- A birdbrain nevermore -- Ravens and the inaccessible -- Phoebe diary -- Conversation with a sapsucker -- Hawk watching -- Kinglets' realm of cold -- The diabolical nightjar -- Nutcracker sweets -- Hibernation, insulation and caffeination -- Cohabiting with elephants : a browsing relationship -- The hunt : a matter of perspective -- Endurance predator -- Synchronicity : amplifying the signal -- What bees and flowers know -- Curious yellow : a foray into iris behavior -- Twists and turns -- Birds coloring their eggs -- Birds, bees, and beauty : adaptive aesthetics -- Seeing the light in the forest |
Summary |
"From the acclaimed scientist and writer, essays collected for the first time in book form, on ravens and other birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more: once again 'passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science.'(New York Times)"-- Provided by publisher |
Subject |
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Essays. Selections
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Natural history -- Popular works
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Science -- Popular works
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Authors, American -- Maine
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Alt Title |
Essays. Selections
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Other Form |
Online version: Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Naturalist at large. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9780544986879 (DLC) 2018010653 |
OCLC # |
1027733187 |
ISBN # |
9780544986831 |
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0544986830 |
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