Describes a number of small self-contained communities, including a sand dune, tidal pool, old barn, and vacant lot, and examines the ways in which the plants and animals interact.
"From desert villagers to tube worms clustered around ocean vents, life has a remarkable way of surviving and thriving in the most challenging of places. This book looks at how humans and animals have evolved to flourish in the unlikeliest locations...and at just how fragile these fringe ecosystems can be"--Provided by publisher.
A comprehensive field guide to the wildlife found in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, describing the region's natural history and ecology and the various mammals, birds, retiles, fish, and invertebrates that inhabit it.
A discussion of ecosystems, explaining what biomes are, describing different types of biomes, and looking at what people can do to protect the world's ecosystems.
Examines plant and animal life around the world and the ways in which people live with and affect each other and provides information on climates and tropical rainforests, animals that live in the deserts and in the oceans, and things that can be done to protect the environment.
This book describes ecosystems, places in which a community of living things rely on each other for survival, and explains how the delicate balance of an ecosystem works through photosynthesis, water and carbon cycles, and food webs.
