Wildscape
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Author: Nancy Lawson
Master naturalist Nancy Lawson takes readers on a fascinating tour of the vibrant web of nature, where animals and plants communicate using sensory abilities we are only beginning to understand. Organised into chapters investigating each of the five senses, Lawson's exploration reveals a remarkable world of interdependent creatures with amazing capabilities. Lawson shows us how to respect and nurture the wildscape so that it survives and thrives.Lawson shows us how to appreciate the natural environment from the sensory perspective of our wild neighbors outside our doors.You'll learn of ultrasound clicks humans can't hear, and ultraviolet colors humans can't see. You'll cross paths with foraging American bumblebees drawn to the scent of wild bergamot, urban sparrows who adapt their mating song in response to human clamor, trees that amp up their growth in response to deer and moose saliva, and a chipmunk behaving like the world's smallest pole vaulter to nab juicy red berries hanging from the lowest parts of a coral honeysuckle vine.
ISBN 9781797222479. Princeton Architectural Press. hb. 304 pages. 180 b/w ills. 13 x 22 cm.
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Master naturalist Nancy Lawson takes readers on a fascinating tour of the vibrant web of nature, where animals and plants communicate using sensory abilities we are only beginning to understand. Organised into chapters investigating each of the five senses, Lawson's exploration reveals a remarkable world of interdependent creatures with amazing capabilities. Lawson shows us how to respect and nurture the wildscape so that it survives and thrives.Lawson shows us how to appreciate the natural environment from the sensory perspective of our wild neighbors outside our doors.You'll learn of ultrasound clicks humans can't hear, and ultraviolet colors humans can't see. You'll cross paths with foraging American bumblebees drawn to the scent of wild bergamot, urban sparrows who adapt their mating song in response to human clamor, trees that amp up their growth in response to deer and moose saliva, and a chipmunk behaving like the world's smallest pole vaulter to nab juicy red berries hanging from the lowest parts of a coral honeysuckle vine.
ISBN 9781797222479. Princeton Architectural Press. hb. 304 pages. 180 b/w ills. 13 x 22 cm.
available