Books filed under "Ecosystems"

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (Updated and Expanded) by Douglas W. Tallamy

Favoring native plants can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity. $17.95

Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web (Revised Edition) by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

Understand the makeup of healthy soil and how to create and maintain an active soil food web. $24.95

The American Meadow Garden: Creating a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn by John Greenlee and Saxon Holt

Embrace new traditions and find new ways to create outdoor spaces. $34.95

Managing the Wet Garden: Plants That Flourish in Problem Places by John Simmons

The definitive guide to managing a variety of wet garden sites. $39.95

The Self-Sustaining Garden: The Guide to Matrix Planting by Peter Thompson

Combine appropriate plants in communities to create a low-maintenance, naturalistic garden. $29.95

Alpine Plants: Ecology for Gardeners by John E. G. Good and David Millward

Interprets the ecology of alpine plants for the benefit of the keen alpine gardener. $34.95

Gardening at the Shore by Frances Tenenbaum

A must for any coastal gardener, this provides techniques and advice for overcoming the unique challenges of gardening near the sea. $29.95

Natural Gardening in Small Spaces by Noël Kingsbury

Even in a small garden, you can create a sustainable ecosystem that looks great and largely looks after itself. $19.95

Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology by Eric Grissell

With a sound basis in science, Grissell explains the role of insects in garden ecology. $19.95

Bulbs for Garden Habitats by Judy Glattstein

Shows how a naturalistic style of planting can produce healthy and thriving populations of bulbs. $29.95

The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations by John Dawson and Rob Lucas

Remarkable stories about how plants adapt. $39.95