forest ecology

Describes the rain forest of Barro Colorado Island in Panama, and focuses on tropical organisms, life of plants, predators, animals, and human benefits from tropical forests.

Explains how forest fires are a natural part of the process of a forest's renewal. Describes how over time vegetation grows again and animals return from underground burrows.

Describes the landscape and climate of deciduous forests, discusses how plants and animals have adapted to life in them, examines environmental threats to the biome, and includes examples of how readers can benefit the environment.

As morning comes to Kangaroo Island following a thunderstorm,a mother kangaroo finds her lost baby and a burned eucalyptus tree sprouts buds and becomes a new home for animals.

Photographs and text provide information about the work being done by scientists with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama's Metropolitan Natural Park to learn about the biodiversity of the forest's canopy.

A clever raven, having overheard a plan by nearby townspeople to chop down the forest and sell the wood, alerts his animal friends who come up with a plan to teach the greedy humans a lesson.

Contains over one hundred alphabetically-arranged entries that provide information about the trees, shrubs, and wildflowers of eastern North America, each including a physical description, listings of other names and close relatives, discussion of the life, propagation, and biological associates of each plant, and related lore.

Presents a colorful question and answer book for children about forests and the plants and animals that inhabit them.