The Nature of Natural History / / Marston Bates.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Bates, Marston,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1138
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)

This classic work is an exploration of what natural history is, and a sustained effort to see how it relates to other areas of biology. Marston Bates did not attempt to overwhelm his audience with facts or overinterpret those he did use, and, perhaps for this reason, The Nature of Natural History is a timeless work. The author's genuine interest in the tropics has a very current feeling, and the first ten or fifteen chapters of the work have a style that is parallel to that of David Attenborough's verbal presentations of nature. From the book: "I have already made several remarks about the connection between parasitism and degeneracy. I suspect this is a matter of point of view. We are predatory animals ourselves, and consequently admire the characteristics of predationagility, speed, cunning, self-reliance. We feel a certain kinship with the lion, and regard the liver fluke with horror. If a sheep were given the choice, though, it might prefer to be debilitated by liver flukes rather than killed by a lion."Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition -- CHAPTER I. The Science of Natural History -- CHAPTER II. The Naming of Organisms -- CHAPTER III. The Catalogue of Nature -- CHAPTER IV. The History of Organisms -- CHAPTER V. Reproduction -- CHAPTER VI. The Devehpment of the Individual -- CHAPTER VII. The Environment -- CHAPTER VIII. Biotic Communities -- CHAPTER IX. Partnership and Cooperation -- CHAPTER X. Parasitism -- CHAPTER XI. The Behavior of Individuals -- CHAPTER XII. The Behavior of Popufations -- CHAPTER XIII. Biological Geography -- CHAPTER XIV. Adaptations -- CHAPTER XV. The Mechanism of Evolution -- CHAPTER XVI. Natural History and Human Economy -- CHAPTER XVII. The Natural History of Naturalists -- CHAPTER XVIII. Tactics, Strategy and the Goal -- APPENDIX I. The Literature of Natural History -- APPENDIX II. The Recent Literature of Natural History -- Index