Charles Sutherland Elton Quote

It is usual to speak of an animal as living in a certain physical and chemical environment, but it should always be remembered that strictly speaking we cannot say exactly where the animal ends and the environment begins — unless it is dead, in which case it has ceased to be a proper animal at all...


Animal Ecology - Chapter IV (p. 34), Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1927


It is usual to speak of an animal as living in a certain physical and chemical environment, but it should always be remembered that strictly speaking ...

It is usual to speak of an animal as living in a certain physical and chemical environment, but it should always be remembered that strictly speaking ...

It is usual to speak of an animal as living in a certain physical and chemical environment, but it should always be remembered that strictly speaking ...

It is usual to speak of an animal as living in a certain physical and chemical environment, but it should always be remembered that strictly speaking ...