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Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native
Plants, Douglas W. Tallamy
As development and
subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing
pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and
simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with
access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution
toward sustaining biodiversity. There is an unbreakable link between
native plant species and native wildlife — native insects cannot, or
will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the
insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other
animals. In many parts of the world, habitat destruction has been so
extensive that local wildlife is in crisis and may be headed toward
extinction. Bringing Nature Home has sparked a national
conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and
human well-being, and the new paperback edition — with an expanded
resource section and updated photos — will help broaden the
movement. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical recommendations,
everyone can make a difference.
About the author: Douglas Tallamy is currently
Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife
Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he
has written more than 65 research articles and has taught insect
taxonomy, behavioral ecology, and other subjects. Chief among his
research goals is to better understand the many ways insects
interact with plants and how such interactions determine the
diversity of animal communities.
Softcover, 360 pages,
6 x 9; full-color photographs.
0-88192-992-8 Bringing Nature Home, paper
$17.95
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