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020 _a9781845334567
050 _aQH 45.2
_b.N37 2009
100 _aBass, Karen
245 _aNature's great events /
_cgeneral editor, Karen Bass ; introduction by Brian Leith.
260 _aChicago ; London :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2009.
300 _a320 p.
_bcol. ill. maps ;
_c29 cm.
500 _a"First published in Great Britain on 2009 by Mitchell Beazley"-- t.p. verso. Companion book to the television series. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315) and index.
520 _aIn this companion book to the television series, six of the most spectacular natural phenomena on our planet are explored--the flooding of the Okavango Delta in Botswana; the melting of 10 million square kilometers of ice in the Arctic; the migration of the Serengeti; the great salmon run in British Columbia; the explosion of sea life in Alaska's coastal waters; and perhaps the greatest marine spectacle on the planet, the annual tide of sardines along South Africa's east coast.
650 _aNatural history
650 _aAnimal migration
650 _aBiological rhythms
650 _aAnimal populations
650 _aAnimal behavior
650 _aCycles
650 _aSeasons
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