Planet Earth
By: Steve Parker
Publisher: QED
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781848352773
Subjects: Ecology; Animals; Habitat (Ecology); Animal ecology; Biotic communities; Juvenile literature
Description: Discusses the four main habitats of our world: deserts, rainforests, polar regions and oceans and shows how they are homes to a huge variety of animals as well as peoples.
Table of contents: title: Deserts; title: The driest lands; title: Where are deserts?; title: How deserts are formed; title: Types of deserts; title: Desert winds and storms; title: Desert plants; title: Flowers in the desert; title: Animals of the desert; title: Moving in the desert; title: The desert at night; title: Deadly desert killers; title: Desert oasis; title: Tomorrow's desert; title: Rainforests; title: Rain and forest; title: Types of rainforests; title: Layers of the rainforest; title: Rainforest animals; title: Sounds of the rainforest; title: Moving through the trees; title: Deadly killers; title: Rainforest trees; title: The teeming canopy; title: The forest floor; title: Mountain forests; title: Cool rainforests; title: Disappearing rainforests; title: Polar regions; title: Top and bottom; title: The Arctic: frozen ocean; title: Northern forests; title: Treeless tundra; title: Icy shores; title: Seas of the north; title: Visitors to the north; title: The Antarctic: frozen land; title: Southern Ocean; title: Islands of ice; title: The coldest place; title: Polar people; title: Protect the poles; title: Oceans; title: Wet world; title: Tide ins and outs; title: Meet the sea; title: On the beach; title: Cliffs and rocky shores; title: In the shallows; title: Colourful corals; title: Moving and breathing; title: The open ocean; title: Twilight zone; title: Bottom of the sea; title: Using the oceans; title: Seas and oceans at risk.