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THE science of animal ecology is relatively new, but a considerable amount of attention has been directed to this aspect of zoology since the beginning of the century. In this development American biologists have played a leading part. We recall Shelford's valuable work on the animal communities in temperate America and Adam's useful guide to the study of ecology in this connexion, both of which gave a tremendous impetus to the study of animals in relation to their environment. Most of our knowledge of the subject is, however, contained in short scattered papers through a vast range of periodical literature or in more specialised works dealing with particular groups.
Animal Ecology.
By Prof. A. S. Pearse. (McGraw-Hill Publications in the Zoological Sciences.) Pp. ix + 417. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1926.) 20s. net.
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Animal Ecology . Nature 119, 193 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119193c0
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