Download or read book Little Possum ebook version of 501361 written by Kaye Pattinson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzy has always been called “Little Possum” and wants to know why. She knows that her animal friends all have names that suit them so asks them one by one if they know why she has the name but they are unable to help her. Mummy tells her that Daddy gave her the name and suggests she asks him. She does and he takes her to meet the possum outside his bedroom window which inspired the nickname. Suzy is delighted.
Download or read book World Atlas of Biodiversity written by Brian Groombridge and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global biological diversity, ecosystem diversity.
Download or read book Global Biodiversity written by Brian Groombridge and published by United Nations Environment Programme. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication gives a broad ecological overview of current condition in the three main parts of the biosphere, the seas, the land and inland waters. It also provides an historical context, from the origin of life on the planet onward. This has been done to demonstrate the long history of life on earth and to emphasise the brevity of human existence. The first part of the book includes a discussion of the components of biodiversity and an account of the expansion of this diversity through geological time and the pattern of distribution on the planet. The second part covers features of human impacts on the environment and the uses currently made of biodiversity. The main lesson drawn is that while life itself has remarkable tenacity, the tenure on earth of individual species has always been a strictly limited one. The environment of any species has two main roles: to provide the essential materials for growth and reproduction of the species and to remove or transform its waste products. A failure of either of these two will have an adverse or catastrophic impact on the species concerned. Ecosystems and the biosphere continue to function because the relentless pressure of natural selection has meant that organisms have evolved that thrive on the waste products of other organisms. This is considered in the book to be the function of biological diversity. A large number of tables and maps are presented in this publication, including a table on biodiversity at country level. This book has a companion volume, 'Life Counts'.
Download or read book Amphibian Species of the World written by William Edward Duellman and published by University of Kansas, Natural History Museum. This book was released on 1993 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Six Little Possums at Home written by Marci McGill and published by Hamlyn. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
