food chains (ecology)

Examines the impact of an invasive plant species on an environment, discussing how new plants get introduced into foreign habitats, and describing examples from history.

Readers will learn how people affect the biosphere and how life and energy are maintained in the biosphere.

Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind ecosystems. Written in Spanish and graphic-novel format.

Explains what food webs are, and follows a dingo, emu, carpet python, saltwater crocodile, koala, kangaroo, and other animals as they weave food webs in the Australian outback. Includes descriptions and photographs of various desert plants and animals.

Explores the food chains and webs that exist in a desert habitat, including how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what can be done to prevent this.

Explores the food chains and webs that exist in a mountain habitat, including how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what can be done to prevent this.

"Explores the food chains and webs that exist in a grassland habitat, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other"--Provided by publisher.

Text and illustrations look at food chains and food webs and the roles organisms, producers, consumers, and decomposers play in the ecological community.

Provides an introduction to wetland ecosystems, explains what food chains are, follows the food chain in a wetland habitat from the sun, to plants, to herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers, examines a wetland food web, and looks at threats to wetlands.

Provides an introduction to the Australian outback, explains what food chains are, follows the food chain in the outback from the sun, to plants, to herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers, examines an outback food web, and looks at threats to the region.