What if there were no lemmings?
Subtitle: a book about the tundra ecosystem
By: by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Carol Schwartz
Contributors: Schwartz, Carol, 1954- ill
Series: Food chain reactions; Food chain reactions
Publisher: Picture Window Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mankato, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781404860216
Subjects: Lemmings; Tundra ecology; Juvenile literature; Habitat
Description: Discusses the tundra ecosystem and the role of lemmings as a keystone species in helping to maintain it, describing the lemmings' place on the food chain and what would happen to the tundra if they were to become extinct.

Focusing on the value of biodiversity and preservation, this book explains what would happen to a tundra ecosystem if lemmings disappeared.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.

Accelerated Reader LG 4.4 0.5 0.5 138197