Wildscape av Nancy Lawson

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<B>From Nancy Lawson, author of <I>The Humane Gardener</I>, a first-of-its-kind guide that takes readers on an insightful and personal exploration of the secret lives of animals and plants.</B><BR/><BR/> Master naturalist Nancy Lawson takes readers on a fascinating tour of the vibrant web of nature outside our back door—where animals and plants perceive and communicate using marvelous sensory abilities we are only beginning to understand. Organized into chapters investigating each of their five senses, Lawson's exploration reveals a remarkable world of interdependent creatures with amazing capabilities.<BR/><BR/> 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