In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects Hardcover - 1997
by John Alcock; Turid Forsyth (Illustrator)
This elegant combination of meticulous science and nature reverie draws readers into the diverse, competitive, and even seductive world of desert plants and insects. John Alcock, a specialist in the ecology of the American Southwest, introduces readers to the lives and loves of desert insects--the true heroes of this story--as they forage through his backyard oasis. Illustrations & color photos.
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John Alcock, a specialist in the ecology of the American Southwest, introduces us to the lives and loves of desert insects as they forage through his backyard oasis. Two male earwigs caught in each other's pincers battle for a prized female. A female mantis finishes copulating, beheads her mate, and cannibalizes his body for its precious protein. Soaring above, a retinue of drone honey bees pursue their queen on her nuptial flight. The one who succeeds in mating with her will fertilize up to ten thousand eggs. With each gritty detail, Alcock pieces together the entire ecosystem of his desert paradise. We discover the chains of survival that link species - how a simple compost heap becomes a complex ecology of beetles, wasps, worms, and birds.
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- Title In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects
- Author John Alcock; Turid Forsyth (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date 1997
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780393041187 / 0393041182
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 10.39 x 7.87 x 0.74 in (26.39 x 19.99 x 1.88 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Arizona
- Library of Congress subjects Insects - Behavior - Arizona - Tempe, Desert animals - Behavior - Arizona - Tempe
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-589
- Dewey Decimal Code 595.715
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Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/1997, Page 1861
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/1997, Page 843
- Library Journal, 08/01/1997, Page 123
- New York Times, 12/07/1997, Page 22
- Publishers Weekly, 07/14/1997, Page 76
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