The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures

By J. Scott Turner

Book Overview

Can the structures that animals build - from the humble burrows of earthworms to towering termite mounds to the Great Barrier Reef - be said to live? However counterintuitive the idea might first seem, physiological ecologist Scott Turner demonstrates in this book that many animals construct and use structures to harness and control the flow of energy from their environment to their own advantage.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674001516
• ISBN13: 9780674001510
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 9.5"