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Backyard bears : conservation, habitat changes, and the rise of urban wildlife / by Amy Cherrix.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Scientists in the fieldPublisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018Description: 73 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781328858689
  • 1328858685
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Contents:
A close encounter -- Consequences of conservation -- A world going wild -- What a bear!"
Summary: "North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but now their numbers are rising in and around Asheville. But what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population? Can humans and bears live compatibly? What are the long-term effects for the bears? Author Amy Cherrix follows the scientists who, in cooperation with local citizen scientists, are trying to answer to these questions and more. Part field science, part conservation science, Backyard Bears looks at black bears--and other animals around the globe--who are rapidly becoming our neighbors in urban and suburban areas."-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 599.785 C522 Available 33111008924025
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Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 599.785 C522 Available 33111008224798
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this acclaimed addition to the beloved Scientists in the Field series, author Amy Cherrix follows scientists investigating black bears--and other animals around the globe--who are rapidly becoming our neighbors in urban and suburban areas, with full-color photography.?

North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population. With black bear numbers on the rise, suddenly these animals are finding themselves in areas they've never been before--like in and around Asheville.

Author Amy Cherrix follows scientists as they study these backyard bears and the local citizens living among them, trying to figure out just how this happened and what it means for bears and their new neighbors.

Part field science, part conservation science, Backyard Bears looks at black bears--and other animals around the globe--whose numbers are not only rising, but thriving, and finding themselves in new locations around the world.

Ages 10-12.

Grades 4 to 6.

"North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but now their numbers are rising in and around Asheville. But what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population? Can humans and bears live compatibly? What are the long-term effects for the bears? Author Amy Cherrix follows the scientists who, in cooperation with local citizen scientists, are trying to answer to these questions and more. Part field science, part conservation science, Backyard Bears looks at black bears--and other animals around the globe--who are rapidly becoming our neighbors in urban and suburban areas."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 71) and index.

"Conservation--where science meets adventure"--Cover.

A close encounter -- Consequences of conservation -- A world going wild -- What a bear!"

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