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The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers

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The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers

Item Details

Description

First edition.

Publishers blue cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine.

Colour frontispiece.

In-text illustrations.

A very nice copy.
Publisher

Clarendon Press., Oxford

Author

David Lack

Date Published

1954

Binding

Hardback

Condition

Very Good

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