Squirrel : How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 240 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781642833751

Full Description

Squirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. Their chattering antics in city parks delight us while their raids on our backyard gardens and bird feeders
never fail
to exasperate. But squirrels are more than amusing backyard entertainers, and few of us
know much about them or fully
appreciate their role in keeping the environment healthy. As stress on the natural world intensifies,
should we be paying more attention to the plight of squirrels?

 

In Squirrel, Nancy Castaldo shines new light on this
familiar backyard mammal, exploring their staggering diversity
(they're found on all continents but Antarctica) and the many surprising ways they shape our world, our communities, and our cultures. Each chapter explores an
aspect of
squirrels and their close and sometimes fraught association with humans: their importance to myriad ecosystems through sophisticated food-caching strategies; their introduction to
nineteenth-century urban parks as adorable ambassadors for nature; their complicated global status as both invasive and endangered; their role as celebrated cultural icons and social media memes; and
ultimately, why we must prevent
population declines and protect
their well-being
while we can.
Like other wildlife species, squirrels are
increasingly
stressed by climate change, and their speculative fate may foreshadow our own.
The
book includes a detailed bibliography, an exhaustive list of
squirrel species and their status, and tips for coexisting peaceably with squirrels in our
yards and neighborhoods.
Chapters are introduced by exquisitely drawn
historical illustrations.

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 As Keystone Species Chapter 2 In the World Chapter 3
As A Cultural
Icon

Chapter 4 As Mammals
of Mystery Chapter 5 As
Ambassadors Chapter
6 As People Greeters Chapter 7 As Interlopers

Chapter 8 On the Continent Chapter 9 As Dinner Chapter 10 As Marauders Chapter 11
On the
Move Chapter 12 By the Numbers

Chapter 13 As Shape-Shifters
Chapter 14 As Endangered Species
Chapter 15 In the Future

 

Species Classification

Five Ways to
Coexist with
Squirrels Bibliography

Sources

About the Author

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