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Nature's giants the biology and evolution of the world's largest lifeforms /

The colossal plants and animals of our world-dinosaurs, whales, and even trees-are a source of unending fascination, and their sheer scale can be truly impressive. Size is integral to the way that organisms experience the world: a puddle that a human being would step over without thinking is an enti...

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Main Author:	Ruxton, Graeme D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Physical Description:	224 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Subjects:	Body size -- Popular works. Morphology (Animals) -- Popular works. Plant morphology -- Popular works. Physiology, Comparative -- Popular works. Animals -- Pictorial works. Animals. Variation (Biology) -- Popular works.

Diatoms to dinosaurs : the size and scale of living things by McGowan, Christopher

Published: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1994

Description: xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Nature's giants the biology and evolution of the world's largest lifeforms /

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