Desert habitats
By: Paul Bennett
Series: Ticktock essential habitats; Ticktock essential habitats
Publisher: Ticktock
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tunbridge Wells
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9781848980013; 9781848980464
Subjects: Desert ecology; Juvenile literature
Description: "A comprehensive introduction to desert life; where are the world's deserts? What plants and creatures are to be found there? Learn how human industrialisation is endangering the desert habitat, and how we can help to save it for the future. Part of the ESSENTIAL HABITATS series, providing an easily accessible introduction to the world's varied habitats and creatures." (publisher).
Table of contents: title: Includes:; title: The hospitable desert; title: Weather & climate; title: Deserts of the world; title: Desert plants; title: Daytime creatures; title: Night-time creatures; title: Finding water; title: Surviving the heat; title: When it rains; title: Predators & prey; title: Defense; title: Nests, eggs & young; title: Living together; title: People of the desert; title: Protecting deserts.