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Item Details
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ASPECTS OF LIFE
A NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
| By: |
Richard Chambers, Francois Odendaal, Nigel Dennis (Photos) |
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Hardback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1868259293 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781868259298 |
| Publisher: |
STRUIK PUBLISHERS (PTY) LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 1997 |
| Edition: |
Media tie-in |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
Produced in association with a television series in South Africa, this text focuses on 13 different ecosystems or geographical regions in Southern Africa and Madagascar. The emphasis is on the variety of life processes, unusual behaviour and ecological phenomena. |
| Synopsis: |
Produced in association with a popular television series in South Africa, this text focuses on 13 different ecosystems or geographical regions in southern Africa and Madagascar. Emphasis within each chapter is upon the variety of life processes, including unusual behavioural and ecological phenomena. After a look at the evolutionary processes and the interrelations between organisms within each region, each chapter concludes with an overview of the impact that humankind has make upon the environment concerned. Regions/ecosystems covered include: Namaqualand; Madagascar rainforests; coral reefs and lagoons; Knysna forests; wetlands and estuaries; Fynbos (Cape Floral Kingdom); Okavanga Delta; savannah ecosystem; the southern oceans; island systems; Karoo ecosystem; Kalahari Desert; and urban environments. |
| Illustrations: |
180 colour photographs, map |
| Publication: |
South Africa |
| Imprint: |
Struik Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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