01408nam a2200265 a 4500 20140310183407.0 121015s19uu xx 00 eng d 9781845334567 QH 45.2 .N37 2009 Bass, Karen Nature's great events / general editor, Karen Bass ; introduction by Brian Leith. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009. 320 p. col. ill. maps ; 29 cm. "First published in Great Britain on 2009 by Mitchell Beazley"-- t.p. verso. Companion book to the television series. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315) and index. In this companion book to the television series, six of the most spectacular natural phenomena on our planet are explored--the flooding of the Okavango Delta in Botswana; the melting of 10 million square kilometers of ice in the Arctic; the migration of the Serengeti; the great salmon run in British Columbia; the explosion of sea life in Alaska's coastal waters; and perhaps the greatest marine spectacle on the planet, the annual tide of sardines along South Africa's east coast. Natural history Animal migration Biological rhythms Animal populations Animal behavior Cycles Seasons BK lcc FOR 22422 22422 0 0 lcc 0 CL CL GC 2012-10-15 DONATION 1 QH 45.2 .N37 2009 C16394 2018-05-15 00:00:00 2018-03-12 2014-03-10 BK