An edition of Summer World: A Season of Bounty (2009)

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An edition of Summer World: A Season of Bounty (2009)

Summer World

A Season of Bounty

Naturalist Heinrich brings us the same bottomless reserve of wonder and reverence for the teeming animal life of backwoods New England that he brought us in Winter World. Now he focuses on the animal kingdom in the extremes of the warmer months, with all its feeding, nesting, fighting, and mating. Whether presenting disquisitions on ant wars, the predatory characteristics of wasps, the mating rituals of woodpeckers, or describing an encounter with a road full of wood frogs, Heinrich never stops observing the beautifully complex interactions of animals and plants with nature, giving extraordinary depth to the relationships between habitat and the warming of the earth. --From publisher description.

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Publisher
Ecco
Pages
272

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Summer World: A Season of Bounty
April 6, 2010, Ecco
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Summer World
2009, HarperCollins
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Cover of: Summer World
Summer World: A Season of Bounty
April 7, 2009, Ecco
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Classifications

Library of Congress
QL753 .H448 2009, QL753.H448 2009, QL753 .H44 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
272
Dimensions
9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24084119M
ISBN 10
0060742178
ISBN 13
9780060742171
LCCN
2010277297
OCLC/WorldCat
317321856

Work Description

In Summer World: A Season of Bounty, Bernd Heinrich brings us the same bottomless reserve of wonder and reverence for the teeming animal life of backwoods New England that he brought us in Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival. Now he is focusing on the animal kingdom in the extremes of the warmer months, with all its feeding, nesting, fighting, and mating.Whether presenting disquisitions on ant wars, the predatory characteristics of wasps, the mating rituals of woodpeckers, or describing an encounter with a road full of wood frogs, Summer World never stops observing the beautifully complex interactions of animals and plants with nature, giving extraordinary depth to the relationships between habitat and the warming of the earth. How can cicadas survive — and thrive — at temperatures pushing 115°F? Do hummingbirds know what they're up against before they migrate over the Gulf of Mexico? Why do some trees stop growing taller even when three months of warm weather remain? With awe and unmatched expertise, Heinrich explores hundreds of questions like these.Exquisitely illustrated with dozens of the author's own drawings, Summer World is Bernd Heinrich's most engaging book to date, a fascinating work from one of our very best science writers.

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