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Physical Description:48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm. print
Edition:1st American ed.
Publisher:New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2004.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Forest features -- Where in the world? -- Evolving forests -- Awakening -- Life in the trees -- Rich pickings -- Falling leaves -- Forest fungi -- World travellers -- Needles and cones -- Cold killers -- Frozen forests -- Suffocated forests -- Record breakers -- Under the canopy -- Rain forest floor -- Moving around -- Mountain refuge -- Eucalyptus forests -- Forest fires -- Forest survival.
Summary, etc.:
Introduces characteristics of different kinds of forests found around the world, the plants and animals that populate them, and how they are endangered.
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