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Squirrel How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World

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By: Nancy Castaldo(Author)
240 pages, colour photos, 20 b/w illustrations, b/w maps
Publisher: Island Press
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About this book

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 birdfeeders 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 neighbourhoods. 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
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About the Author

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Biography

Nancy Castaldo is a naturalist, environmental educator, and the author of more than two dozen books for young readers. Her books have garnered starred reviews, the Eureka Award for Nonfiction, the Green Earth Book Award, and Sigurd F. Olsen Nature Writing honours, among others. Nancy has also authored articles about nature for a variety of print and online publications. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and on the International Wildlife Coexistence Network Council. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and rescued Bichon.

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By: Nancy Castaldo(Author)
240 pages, colour photos, 20 b/w illustrations, b/w maps
Publisher: Island Press
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