Author: Meish Goldish Publisher: ISBN: 9780716612254 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 70
Book Description
Provides information about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of beavers and such related rodents as flying squirrels, pocket gophers, mice, and lemmings.
Author: Frances Backhouse Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 1459824717 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
By cutting trees and building dams, beavers shape landscapes and provide valuable wetland homes for many plants and animals. These radical rodents were once almost hunted to extinction for their prized fur, but today we are building a new relationship with them, and our appreciation of the benefits they offer as habitat creators and water stewards is growing. Packed with facts and personal stories, this book looks at the beaver’s biology and behavior and illuminates its vital role as a keystone species. The beaver’s comeback is one of North America’s greatest conservation success stories and Beavers: Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers introduces readers to the conservationists, scientists and young people who are working to build a better future for our furry friends.
Author: Ben Goldfarb Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing ISBN: 160358739X Category : NATURE Languages : en Pages : 314
Book Description
Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Paul Sterry Publisher: Todtri Productions ISBN: 9781577170778 Category : Animals Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Over 80 illustrations. Among the most fascinating of all rodents is the industrious beaver, whose dams and lodges are marvels of instinctive engineering. These energetic animals change the face of the landscape by felling countless trees and creating ponds that provide wetlands for an array of aquatic species. Though such rodents as mice and rats are in direct competition with man and are considered pests, other creatures such as chipmunks, squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, and flying squirrels are forever endearing. This entertaining and informative volume captures these and other rodents in 80 full-color photographs, with a lively account of their similarities and differences.
Author: Greg Roza Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP ISBN: 1482407973 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 34
Book Description
Beavers might not be very large animals, but they can wipe out whole forests. Beavers need certain trees for sustenance and lodging, but that can mean widespread destruction throughout their habitats, including flooding. However, beavers have a positive role to play in nature, too. They allow certain kinds of trees and animals to thrive. Readers will discover many more fun facts about these rodents, such as how their orange teeth are covered in iron. Fact boxes and graphic organizers make this book an even more valuable source of information for animal enthusiasts.
Author: Susan Labella Publisher: Children's Press(CT) ISBN: 9780516249308 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 28
Book Description
This series introduces young readers to the life cycles of living things. Readers will learn how chicks grow up to become roosters or hens, how some sharks come from eggs while others do not, and much more.
Author: Kirsten Chang Publisher: Blastoff! Readers ISBN: 9781644871973 Category : Beavers Languages : en Pages : 24
Book Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces beavers and muskrats to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Author: Róisín Campbell-Palmer Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1784270407 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 62
Book Description
The Eurasian beaver was near extinction at the start of the twentieth century, hunted across Europe for its fur, meat and castoreum. But now the beaver is on the brink of a comeback, with wild beaver populations, licensed and unlicensed, emerging all over Britain.
Author: Meish Goldish
Author: Frances Backhouse
Author: Ben Goldfarb
Author: Paul Sterry
Author: Greg Roza
Author: World Book
Author: Susan Labella
Author: Elizabeth O'Sullivan
Author: Kirsten Chang
Author: Róisín Campbell-Palmer