ENGLISH

Forests and Grasslands

By Britannica Educational Publishing,John P. Rafferty

Book information

Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica;Britannica Educational Publishing
Year
2010
ISBN
9781615303946
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
16 MB (16906223 bytes)
Series
The Living Earth
Pages
165\0
Time added
2015-05-04 05:19:39

Description

Between their verdant canopies and shaded floors, forests contain a multi-tiered ecosystem that supports an abundance of flora and fauna. Together with the grasses and vegetation in the grasslands to which they are frequently adjacent, forests make up 70 percent of the Earth’s land area and sustain the majority of its species. With careful detail and beautiful photographs, this volume journeys to the woodland and grassland areas of the planet and examines the distinctive features and wildlife of each as well as techniques in forestry and forest management that have helped these remarkable regions survive.

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