The variety of life : the meaning of diversity /

Tudge, Colin

The variety of life : the meaning of diversity / Colin Tudge. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. - xii, 684 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Whatever living thing the reader comes across, from E coli to an oak tree or an elephant, this volume aims to show what kind of creature it is, and how it relates to all the others. Yet there are far too many creatures to present merely as a catalogue.

9780198604266 9780198604266 £14.99


Biodiversity.
Species.
Biological diversity.
Biology--Classification
Biology--Classification
Science.
Reference works
Scientific nomenclature & classification
Taxonomy & systematics
Nature & the natural world: general interest

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