This work is a personal history and apology, written by a small mammal ecologist, for a life spent working on problems for which no dramatic conclusion was reac... » 

This work is a personal history and apology, written by a small mammal ecologist, for a life spent working on problems for which no dramatic conclusion was reached. The book includes anecdotes and history about Charles Elton and the work at the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford University. «