Bringing nature home : how you can sustain wildlife with native plants
Title:
Bringing nature home : how you can sustain wildlife with native plants
Author:
Tallamy, Douglas W.
ISBN:
9780881929928
Personal Author:
Edition:
Updated and expanded pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
Portland : Timber Press, 2009.
Physical Description:
358 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
General Note:
First ed. published 2007.
Contents:
Restoring natives to suburbia: a call to action -- The vital new role of the suburban garden -- No place to hide -- Who cares about biodiversity? -- Why can't insects eat alien plants? -- What is native and what is not? -- The costs of using alien ornamentals -- Creating balanced communities -- Gardening for insect diversity -- Blending in with the neighbors -- Making it happen -- What should I plant? -- What does bird food look like? -- Answers to tough questions.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2008050115-d.html