Ecology for Gardeners - Softcover

Carroll, Steven B.; Salt, Steven D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881926116 ISBN 13: 9780881926118

Publisher: Timber Press, 2004

Synopsis

Even a relatively small garden is a miniature ecosystem. It includes a surprising diversity of organisms that interact in a myriad of ways. Some are permanent residents, others come and go in search of a meal or a mate. An insect feeding on a garden plant is simultaneously hunted by predators and weakened by parasites; it competes with other herbivores for choice food plants; it is hindered in its feeding by the plants' chemical and physical defenses; and it challenges other members of its species for the best mates and locations for egg-laying. Ecologists Carroll and Salt argue that the more completely we understand these interactions, the better gardeners we become. The authors cite hundreds of examples drawn from personal experience and from literature on gardening and ecology.

About this title

Book Description:

Even a relatively small garden is a miniature ecosystem including a surprising diversity of organisms that interact in a myriad of ways. The authors argue that the more completely we understand these interactions, the better gardeners we become. Hundreds of examples are cited from literature and personal experience.

From the Author:

Steven B. Carroll is an ecologist at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, where he teaches ecology and botany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0881926116
• ISBN 13: 9780881926118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328