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Questions and answers introduce the appearance, location, importance, and life of the tundra. ... Read more

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The importance of forests in alleviating climate change processes is a matter of global concern and debate, at a time when politicians are close to implementing carbon trading quotas. Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes provides an informed synthesis on the current status of forests and their future potential for carbon sequestration. This volume is timely, since convincing models which scale from local to regional carbon fluxes are needed to support these international agreements, while criticisms have been leveled at existing empirical approaches. One key question is to determine how well eddy-flux measurements at the stand-level represent regional-scale processes. This may be related to specific management practices (age, plantation, fertilization) or simple bias in choosing representative sites (ease of access, roughness, proximity to physical barriers). The ecology and regeneration state of temperate, tropical and boreal forests under current climatic conditions are discussed, together with partitioning of photosynthetic and respiratory fluxes from soils and vegetation. The volume considers how to integrate contrasting methodologies, and the latest approaches for scaling from stand to the planetary boundary layer. ... Read more

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Describes the physical features of a coral reef, its community of plants and animals, and environmental threats. ... Read more

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Describes what a rain forest isand its importance, and what types of plants and animals reside there. ... Read more

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Describes the earth's desert regions and the plants and animals that inhabit them. ... Read more

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Frustrating counting experience
This book has some nice pictures, and some interesting information about grasslands.However, the counting exercise is really terrible.For example, one page asks "How many mustangs do you see?"and the correct answer is ten, but the observant reader will see that there are 12 mustangs, because there are a few blurry ones off in the distance.Couldn't they have found a picture that had ten mustangs in it?Seriously.The same is true for the picture of the lion - "How many front teeth does a lion have?"and the answer is four, even though any idiot can see that the lion has many front teeth.Oh, they're asking about the CANINES.And "how many stripes does a zebra have on its neck?"The correct answer is eight, but in the picture, the zebra has many more stripes on its neck, and the authors just have us arbitrarily count eight of them.This book would have been so much better if the pictures matched the questions.It seems that the authors had access to a very limited number of pictures.I cringe when reading this to my 2-year old, because she'll count some of the items that aren't *supposed* to be counted, like the blurry mustangs, and I have to figure out a way to explain the "correct" answer.Annoying. ... Read more

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Describes different types of grasslands, their plant and animal life, and environmental threats. ... Read more

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The forest
It was great! It really help me understand the forest.

THe forest
I thought that this book was a great read.It really help me under stand nature.THe most important part of this book was how the forest got its name. ... Read more

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The introductory pages of this book describe the biomes of the world and then the wetland biome. The 5 main chapters look at different aspects of wetlands: climate, plants, animals, people, and future. Between the chapters are detailed maps that focus on m

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A comprehensive look at the shrubland biome, describing the climate, plants, animals, people, and future of these areas, and providing detailed views of some major shrubland regions. ... Read more

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Tells about a variety of prairie plants, how they are used, why they are in danger, and how they are being protected. ... Read more