| Authors: |
Fortey, Richard A.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Arthropoda -- Conservation.
Invertebrates -- Conservation.
Limulus polyphemus -- Conservation.
Worms.
Plant conservation.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012, c2011. |
| Description: |
xv, 332 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307263612 0307263614 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"Originally published in Great Britain as Survivors by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London, in 2011." |
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| Summary: |
Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals, and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days--the planet's "true marathon runners." |