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Published: 2015-03
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ISBN-13: 9781626864184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScenes of the insects that live in woodlands and fields, mountains, water and wetlands, deserts, and rain forests introduce the sounds made by these creatures and the environments in which they live.
Author: David Rothenberg
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-04-16
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1250005213
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzes the role of insects in teaching humans about music, tracing research into exotic insect markets and research labs while explaining how insect sound and movement patterns inspired traditions in rhythm, synchronization, and dance.
Author: Lang Elliott
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780811731904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBook has remarkable close-up photos of 100 mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects found east of the Great Plains in North America with information about habitat, appearance, behavior and also a CD recording of commons songs, calls, or other sounds for each.
Author: David George Haskell
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2023-03-07
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1984881566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner of the Acoustical Society of America's 2023 Science Communication Award “[A] glorious guide to the miracle of life’s sound.” —The New York Times Book Review A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces We live on a planet alive with song, music, and speech. David Haskell explores how these wonders came to be. In rain forests shimmering with insect sound and swamps pulsing with frog calls we learn about evolution’s creative powers. From birds in the Rocky Mountains and on the streets of Paris, we discover how animals learn their songs and adapt to new environments. Below the waves, we hear our kinship to beings as different as snapping shrimp, toadfish, and whales. In the startlingly divergent sonic vibes of the animals of different continents, we experience the legacies of plate tectonics, the deep history of animal groups and their movements around the world, and the quirks of aesthetic evolution. Starting with the origins of animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth history, Haskell illuminates and celebrates the emergence of the varied sounds of our world. In mammoth ivory flutes from Paleolithic caves, violins in modern concert halls, and electronic music in earbuds, we learn that human music and language belong within this story of ecology and evolution. Yet we are also destroyers, now silencing or smothering many of the sounds of the living Earth. Haskell takes us to threatened forests, noise-filled oceans, and loud city streets, and shows that sonic crises are not mere losses of sensory ornament. Sound is a generative force, and so the erasure of sonic diversity makes the world less creative, just, and beautiful. The appreciation of the beauty and brokenness of sound is therefore an important guide in today’s convulsions and crises of change and inequity. Sounds Wild and Broken is an invitation to listen, wonder, belong, and act.
Author: Frederick R. Gehlbach
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-07-05
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0292779917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Texas naturalist shares an intimate record of the wooded ravine near his home in this almanac based on decades of journal entries. In the mid-1960s, naturalist Fred Gehlbach and his family built a house on the edge of a wooded ravine in Central Texas. On daily walks over the hills, creek hollows, and fields of the ravine, Gehlbach has observed the cycles of weather and seasons, the annual migrations of birds, and the life cycles of animals and plants that also live there. In this book, Gehlbach draws on thirty-five years of journal entries to present a composite, day-by-day almanac of the life cycles of this semiwild natural island in the midst of urban Texas. Recording such events as the hatching of Eastern screech owl chicks, the emergence of June bugs, and the first freeze of November, he reminds us of nature’s daily, monthly, and annual cycles, from which humans are becoming ever more detached in our unnatural urban environments. The long span of the almanac also allows Gehlbach to track how local and even global developments have affected the ravine, from scars left by sewer construction to an increase in frost-free days probably linked to global warming. This long-term record of natural cycles provides one of only two such baseline data sets for North America. At the same time, it is an eloquent account of one keen observer’s daily interactions with his wild and human neighbors.
Author: John Himmelman
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2017-03-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1584695900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn interactive experience for readers to move the bugs around their book while learning important characteristics about these creatures. Learning becomes fun as children form a deep appreciation for the world around us! Do you know any 3 or 4 year olds who love bugs? Young or old, you will love this book! Beetles fly, frogs hop, and slugs slide over the pages of this cute bug book, made to be read by a child while lying on the grass. Children interact with the book, with a tip, tap, and turn of the book, moving the critters along. The critters even interact with each other in surprising ways. John Himmelman brings together his expertise as both a naturalist and an artist to encourage children to explore nature in their own backyard. Backmatter Includes: Explore More for Kids: photos and information about what it means to think like a scientist and more about the bugs in the book. Explore More for Teachers & Parents: STEM activities, read aloud suggestions, and a quick summary of Science and Engineering Practices. Perfect for anyone looking for books: for homeschool materials. for outdoor learning activities. to provide an interactive experience. that make learning fun!
Author: Dr John Capinera
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-09-13
Total Pages: 808
ISBN-13: 1444357840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsects and Wildlife: Arthropods and their Relationships with Wild Vertebrate Animals provides a comprehensive overview of the interrelationships of insects and wildlife. It serves as an introduction to insects and other arthropods for wildlife management and other vertebrate biology students, and emphasizes the importance of insects to wild vertebrate animals. The book emphasizes how insects exert important influences on wildlife habitat suitability and wildlife population sustainability, including their direct and indirect effects on wildlife health. Among the important topics covered are: the importance of insects as food items for vertebrate animals; the role of arthropods as determinants of ecosystem health and productivity; the ability of arthropods to transmit disease-causing agents; an overview of representative disease-causing agents transmitted by arthropods; arthropods as pests and parasites of vertebrates; the hazards to wildlife associated with using using pesticides to protect against insect damage; insect management using techniques other than pesticides; the importance of insect conservation and how insects influence wildlife conservation.
Author: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1604698993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLos Angeles may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but in reality, it is incredibly biodiverse, teaming with an amazing array of animals and plants. You just need to know where to find them. Wild LA—published in conjunction with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County—is the guidebook residents and visitors have been waiting for. Equal parts natural history, field guide, and trip planner, this fun-filled book has something for everyone. First, you’ll learn how past events shaped the city. Next, profiles of 101 key species highlight the region’s hidden gems, from sea turtles to rare plants to Hollywood's famous mountain lion, P-22. Also included are day trips that detail where natural wonders can be experienced on hiking trails, in public parks, and in your own backyard.
Author: Jack Myers
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781590785560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn new and surprising facts about animals through scientific discovery.
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 2019-02-26
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1250189942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eighteen-year-old chieftain's daughter must find a way to kill her village’s oppressive deity if she ever wants to return home in Warrior of the Wild, the Viking-inspired YA standalone fantasy from Tricia Levenseller, author of Daughter of the Pirate King. How do you kill a god? As her father's chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness with an impossible quest: To win back her honor, she must kill the oppressive god who claims tribute from the villages each year or die trying.
