Nature Out of Balance by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Each chapter of her After Life: Ways We Think About Death (Orca 24.95) includes a brief telling of a death legend, myth or historical summation from a different culture. We find out how and why species become invasive, what we can do to stop their spread and whether it’s time to think differently about invasive species that are here to stay. Merrie-Ellen Wilcox - Nature Out of Balance: How Invasive Species Are Changing the Planet, Hardcover - Plants, animals, insects and fish are moving in. Having volunteered in a Victoria hospice, Merrie-Ellen Wilcox frequently heard there was a need for a book about death for young readers. Invasive species threaten local ecosystems and the planet’s biodiversity, but are they all as bad as we think they are? In Nature Out of Balance:How Invasive Species Are Changing the Planet author Merrie-Ellen Wilcox profiles all-star invasive species around the world, starting in her own neighbourhood, and warns that humans are the most invasive species of all. Having volunteered in a Victoria hospice, Merrie-Ellen Wilcox frequently heard there was a need for a book about death for young readers. Plants, animals, insects and fish are moving in.

Nature Out of Balance by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox