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Communities in Nature - Wetlands
Elizabeth Ring
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Dec. 8, 2004)The shallow waters of marshes and swamps make calm, quiet homes for many animals and plants. Wetlands are especially protective of wildlife's young. Some marsh creatures grow up to inhabit the sea. Some birds fly away from their nesting grounds. Many more animals spend their lives where they started out -- in a marsh or a swamp.
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Communities in Nature - Shorelands
Elizabeth Ring
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 17, 2004)Wherever the ocean connects with the land, unique plant and animal communities evolve. Tides come and go on sandy beaches and rocky shores. In these restless habitats, animals and plants depend on the sea, the land, and each other for growth, shelter, and food.
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Communities in Nature - Inland Waters
Elizabeth Ring
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, March 9, 2005)Where inland waters stand (in ponds and lakes) or flow (in streams and rivers), communities of freshwater plants and animals make their watery homes. Many kinds of insects, crustaceans, frogs, turtles, and fish browse on water plants and feed on each other. They make their nests and raise their young where they are most at home. Birds and land animals also come to the banks of these freshwaters to hunt and to drink.
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Communities in Nature - Forests
Elizabeth Ring
Library Binding (Blackbirch Press, Dec. 8, 2004)Forests provide food and shelter for the creatures that live among trees. Some inhabit the treetops, some live halfway to the top, some occupy areas in or near the ground. Flying, crawling, jumping, digging creatures live together. They treat their stronger neighbors with caution. They act with aggression towards invaders of their particular territories. They prey on each other in the balance of nature, called a food chain, that is part of any wildlife habitat.
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Communities in Nature - Grasslands
Elizabeth Ring
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Dec. 8, 2004)Few, if any, trees grow in the open spaces called grasslands. Prairies are wide, tumbling seas of grass, with tough, hardy plants that cover thick carpets of tangled roots in rich soil. Meadows spread out in lowlands, midlands, shorelands, and on mountains tops. Creatures who live on or in these grassy jungles feast on plant life (and each other), burrow in the soil, and thrive in their non-woody homes.
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