Over 40 carefully drawn, accurate illustrations depict salt-marsh environment typical of Northeast U.S. and Canada. Detailed renderings of clam worm, marsh periwinkle, clapper rail, American eel, marsh hawk, snowy egret, raccoon, many others. Descriptive captions complete this informative introduction to ecologically important breeding and foraging areas.

The first field guide to all of Vermont's natural communities

Exciting tour of U.S. swamplands reveals river otters, wood turtles, swamp lily, Florida panther, snowy egrets, cottonmouth snake, and much more. 44 illustrations with captions.

Takes readers on a walk in a swamp, showing examples of how the animals and plants of wetlands are connected and dependent on each other and the wetland's watery environment.

A comprehensive and fascinating guide to the wetlands of the world that covers important wetland wildlife in detail, with a special focus on birds. The ecology of marshes, estuaries, floodplains, lagoons, swamps and bogs supports an exceptionally rich diversity of species. Many wetlands around the world are now open to the public as nature reserves that generate millions of visitors including birdwatchers and amateur ecologists. Guide to Wetlands covers the many aspects of the study of wetlands in a single, portable volume. Using spectacular color photographs and clear explanatory illustrations alongside the author's concise text, it discusses: What are wetlands Wetland diversity How wetlands work The need for wetlands Adapting to life in wetlands Plant adaptation Animal adaptation People and wetlands Loss of wetlands Rural development and agriculture Wetland conservation Wetland wildlife. The book includes a wetland atlas with maps identifying wetland environments around the world and describing topography and important features. Birdwatchers will find this book of particular interest. Guide to Wetlands is an essential reference on a crucial aspect of the global environment that will appeal to naturalists, birdwatchers, ecologists and travelers.

A beginner's guide to how crustaceans look, how they protect themselves, what they eat, and where they live.

This field guide is for those who love wetlands and recognize that wetlands are an integral and vital part of healthy tropical ecosystems. More than 200 common wetland plants, birds, fishes, and insects are described by three of Hawai'i's leading botanists. Photographs and a glossary of botanical and ecological terms, an index to all scientific and common names, and references for further reading provide additional information.

Forty-five excellent drawings realistically depict tribespeople of the Amazon Basin, as well as a number of plants and animals native to many environmentally threatened habitats. Fact-filled captions accompany finely detailed illustrations of a water buffalo, mountain gorilla, ring-tailed lemur, jaguar, giant armadillo, mangrove swamps, a bamboo forest, and more. Includes fact-filled captions.

More than 120 accurately rendered, ready-to-color illustrations offer an entertaining introduction to the plants and animals of the United States and Canada. Fact-filled captions identify the creatures and their habitats, including Forest animals: Birds, mammals, and insects of the woodlands, and their environment of hemlocks, spruces, oaks, and other trees; Wetlands plants and animals: Swamp vegetation, plus egrets, raccoons, and other denizens of salt-marsh ecosystems; North American desert life: Towering cactus plants and Gila monsters, kit foxes, prairie dogs, and other wild natives of the Southwest.