The forest and the sea; a look at the economy of nature and the ecology of man

292 Pages·1960·30.609 MB·English

by  Marston Bates

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THE
FOREST
AND THE
A
A look at the economy ofnature
and the ecology ofman
MARSTON BATES

THE FOREST AND THE SEA

The Forest
and the Sea
A LOOK AT THE ECONOMY OF NATURE AND
THE ECOLOGY OF MAN
MARSTON BATES
VINTAGE BOOKS
A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE
NEW YORK
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURALHISTORY
SPECIALmembers'EDITION
VINTAGE BOOKS
arepublished byAlfred A. Knopf, Incs.
and Random House, Inc.
©
Copyright, i960, by Marston Bates
AH rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. Published in New York by Random House, Inc., and
omultaneously in Toronto, Canada, by Random House of.Canada
Limited.
Manufactured in the United StatesofAmerica
This boolc is dedicated to the students of Zoology 235 at
the UniversityofMichigan. Theyhave contributedgreatly
to my education; have given me continuing friendships;
and have provided an assurance that, as far as the next
generationisconcerned,thefutureisingoodhands.

CONTENTS
THE STUDY OP LIFE,
1 : — 3
2 LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES, 15
:
3 : THE LIVING WORLD, 28
4 : THE OPEN SEA, 43
5 : THE CORAL REEF, $9
6 LAKES AND RIVERS, 77
:
7 THE RAIN FOREST, 96
:
WOODLAND, SAVANNA AND DESERT, llj
8
:
9 THE UNITS OF LIFE, I30
:
THE BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY, I40
10 :
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE, I57
11 :
12 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, I75
:
13 : SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE ANIMALS, I93
14 THE HUMAN SPECIES, 211
:
15 ON BEING DOMESTICATED, 229
:
16 man's place in nature, 246
:
notes and sources, 263
INDEX, 269