Douglas W. Tallamy

Bringing Nature Home (eBook, ePUB)

How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now with expanded content and plant lists for regional habitats, Bringing Nature Home offer the insight needed for home gardeners to become backyard ecologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Timber Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781604691467
• Artikelnr.: 42027020

Autorenporträt

Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 97 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 40 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. Among his awards are the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Tom Dodd, Jr. Award of Excellence, the 2018 AHS B. Y. Morrison Communication Award, and the 2019 Cynthia Westcott Scientific Writing Award. Doug is author of Bringing Nature Home, Nature's Best Hope, and The Nature of Oaks; and co-founder with Michelle Alfandari of HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK®. Learn more at HNPARK.org. Rick Darke is a landscape design consultant, author, lecturer, and photographer based in Pennsylvania who blends art, ecology, and cultural geography in the creation and conservation of livable landscapes. His projects include scenic byways, public gardens, corporate and collegiate campuses, mixed-use conservation developments, and residential gardens. Darke served on the staff of Longwood Gardens for twenty years and received the Scientific Award of the American Horticultural Society. His work has been featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. Darke is recognized as one of the world's experts on grasses and their use in public and private landscapes. For further information visit www.rickdarke.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword by Rick Darke
Preface
1. Restoring Natives to Suburbia: A Call to Action                
2. The Vital New Role of the Suburban Garden    
3. No Place to Hide          
4. Who Cares about Biodiversity?               
5. Why Can’t Insects Eat Alien Plants?     
6. What Is Native and What Is Not?          
7. The Costs of Using Alien Ornamentals 
8. Creating Balanced Communities            
9. Gardening for Insect Diversity
10. Blending In with the Neighbors           
11. Making It Happen
12. What Should I Plant?               
13. What Does Bird Food Look Like?         
14. Answers to Tough Questions                
Afterword: The Last Refuge         
Appendix 1: Native Plants with Wildlife Value and Desirable Landscaping
Attributes by Region      
Appendix 2: Host Plants of Butterflies and Showy Moths
Appendix 3: Experimental Evidence