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Fleisher, Paul

Desert Food Webs in Action

40 pp. | Lerner | August, 2013 | Library ISBN 978-1-4677-1294-1 $27.93
(4) 4-6 Searchlight Books: What Is a Food Web? series. Stock color photographs, maps, and diagrams combine with simple, choppy texts to introduce the concept of food webs. Beginning with a brief explanation of the featured environment, subsequent chapters in each book differentiate the producers, consumers, and decomposers while emphasizing their interdependency. A final chapter discusses human impact and the need for environmental protection and conservation. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Searchlight Books: What Is a Food Web? titles: Desert Food Webs in Action, Forest Food Webs in Action, Ocean Food Webs in Action, Grassland Food Webs in Action, Lake and Pond Food Webs in Action, and Tundra Food Webs in Action.
Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

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