Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems

by Mary Batten

Book Overview

What happens to the environment when alien plants or animals get there by accident?

Award-winning writer Mary Batten introduces readers to the serious and ongoing environmental problems caused when alien plants and animals (or invasive species) are introduced into an ecosystem accidentally or deliberately. Describing various examples―from the release of the gypsy moth into the United States to the introduction of rabbits to Australia―Batten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561459038
• ISBN13: 9781561459032
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7