prairie ecology

Discusses the grasses, plants, animals, climate, food, water, humans, and ecology of the prairie.

Lavishly illustrated text depicts the wild animals of the world's grasslands and describes their environment.

Scientists are trying to restore prairies, forests, and buffalo by returning native plants and native animals to their environment.

Describes the vast grasslands of our continent as they were years ago, their eventual destruction, and the present efforts to restore them.

Studies prairies and savannas as examples of grassland ecosystems.

The animals on a prairie wildlife refuge sense an approaching tornado and seek protection before it touches down and destroys everything in its path.

Describes short-grass, tall-grass, and mixed-grass prairies and the plants and animals--from insects to buffalo--that inhabit them.

Describes the different plants and animals which can be found in the prairie.

Colorful photographs and text describe the plants and animals that live on the prairie and what takes place there during the different seasons.

Part of a series in which children write and illustrate their own books, this volume describes the prairie landscape and ecology around the authors' Kildeer Countryside Elementary School in Long Grove, Illinois.