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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Description
Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth?
Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In the past decade, however, that theory has foundered,...
Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In the past decade, however, that theory has foundered,...
3) Seeds move!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Every seed, big or small, needs sunlight, water, and an uncrowded place to put down roots. But how do seeds get to the perfect place to grow? This exploration of seed dispersal covers a wide range of seeds and the creatures that help them move, from a coconut seed floating on waves to an African grass seed rolled by a dung beetle, to a milkweed seed floating on the wind.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
2021 first US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Examples of the many ways plants and their seeds move-falling, clinging, burrowing, floating, via animal consumption or transport--in their quest to reproduce"--
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows seven dandelion seed parachutes which the wind blows into the air and which land in different circumstances as an example of the way in which a common plant regenerates.
Author
Publisher
Patagonia
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names - has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain -- just ahead of humans - so resilient and resourceful? And what can conservationists and wild life managers learn from them about...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone networks, and accelerometers reveal the natural world as never before. Where the Animals Go is the first book to offer a comprehensive, data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants, otters, owls, turtles, and sharks navigate the world. Based on pioneering research by scientists at the forefront of the animal-tracking revolution,...
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