Food webs
Subtitle: who eats what?
By: Claire Llewellyn
Series: Show me science; Show me science (Raintree (Firm))
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781406274301
Subjects: Food chains (Ecology); Juvenile literature
Description: Which shark is as big as a bus? Why do woodpeckers have long tongues? Which carnivores eat the most prey? Readers are drawn into the battle between predators and prey, discovering useful animal adaptions, the importance of plants, an dhow food chains and webs work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Food for life; title: A chain of food; title: Building a web; title: It starts with a plant; title: Feeding on plants; title: Designed to hunt; title: Competing for food; title: Hunting together; title: Beware the trap!; title: Staying alive; title: Safety in numbers; title: Tricking the enemy; title: Keeping a balance; title: Glossary; title: Find out more; title: Index.