Cool woods : a trip around the world's boreal forest

Título
Cool woods : a trip around the world's boreal forest

Jane, Drake

Resumen
Introduces the boreal forest, the last great forest wilderness on Earth, and takes the reader on a journey from North American wetlands and mountains, through the Siberian Taiga, to the Old World Forests of Europe. Examines how this precious resource is being threatened with clear-cutting, acid rain, and even radioactivity.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2003

Descripción física
79 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 26 cm

Nota general
Includes index.

Nota local
Book

Información del programa
Trees and Forests Gr. 6+
 
Juvenile Literature
 
Accelerated Reader MG 6.8 1.0 72723

Término de la materia
Taiga ecology.
 
Forest ecology.

Autor añadido
Kiss, Andrew,
 
Love, Ann,

Síntesis
Introduces the boreal forest, the last great forest wilderness on Earth, and takes the reader on a journey from North American wetlands and mountains, through the Siberian Taiga, to the Old World Forests of Europe. Examines how this precious resource is being threatened with clear-cutting, acid rain, and even radioactivity.

ISBN
9780887766084

Información de publicación
Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books, [2003]
 
©2003


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
George P. Nicholson577.3 DRABook31004000136254Non-Fiction