Takes readers on a walk through a forest of trees that lose their leaves in the fall, showing examples of how the animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive.

"A fundamental look at a common food chain on the arctic tundra, starting with the low-growing arctic willow, ending with the arctic wolf, and introducing various animals in between"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces different wildlife habitats, including wetlands, woodlands, cornfields, and grasslands.

Examines the mountainous community as an ecological niche and describes the plant and animal life supported there.

Examines the desert as an ecological niche and describes the plant and animal life supported there.

"Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going."--

"Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism,...

Explores through text and photographs the animals and plants that live in forests.

"A fundamental look at a common food chain in the mountains, starting with the ponderosa pine, ending with the mountain lion, and introducing various animals in between"--Provided by publisher.