Habitats : discover Earth's precious wild places
2023
Book
Take a journey through Earth's most amazing ecosystems, from icy seas and tropical rainforests to arid deserts and hostile mountains. Dive beneath the sunlit surface of the Coral Sea to find a reef bursting with life, or travel through the African Savanna to see powerful predators roaming the land. And as you go, discover how animals and plants adapt to their environment and each other.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780744084979
- 0744084970
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 440 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Other Title:
- DK Smithsonian habitats
- Smithsonian habitats
- DK Habitats
Notes:
- Incudes index.
- "DK Smithsonian"--Front cover.
Contents:
- Green lands. Boreal forest
- Temperate broadleaf forests
- Temperate corniferous forests
- Mediterranean-type shrublands
- Tropical rainforests
- Tropical dry forests
- Tropical corniferous forests
- Temperate grasslands
- Tropical grasslands
- Worlds apart. Islands
- Subantarctic lands
- Alpine heights
- Flowing fresh water
- Lakes and pools
- Underground habitats
- Freshwater wetlands
- Facing extremes. Plar lands
- Deserts
- Dry shrublands
- Salt lakes
- Mangroves and salt marshes
- Rocky shores
- Sandy and muddy shores
- The Big Blue. Kelp forests and seagrass beds
- Coral reefs
- Coastal seas
- Open ocean
- Ocean floor
- Artificial habitats. Field and pasture
- Towns and cities
- Protected areas. Green lands
- Worlds apart
- Facing extremes
- The Big Blue.
LCCN: jb2023045066
Control Number: 3269275
Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2023.