Pathfinder on Biomes and their reliability on Food Chains and Food Webs Michelle Wardrip
Scope: This pathfinder is intended to provide you with information about Biomes, the importance of food chains and food webs, and their relationship to all living things on earth. The sources included in this pathfinder are selective rather than comprehensive. Resources have been selected and annotated to provide an overview of the range of materials available.
Introduction: A Biome or Ecosystem is a complete community that is made up of living organisms and nonliving material. It includes plants, animals, microorganisms, soil, rocks, minerals, water, decomposers, producers, consumers, predators, prey, energy, and climate. Biomes come in many different sizes, from a puddle in the street to a rain forest that covers part of a continent. Food Chains or Food Webs exist within a Biome. The Food Chain or Food Web shows us how the Biome works and how each is interdependent on the other. There are seven basic Ecosystems or Biomes located around the world. The resources listed below are for general information. To find out about a specific Biome such as: Tiaga, Rain Forest, Arctic, Tundra, etc… you will need to add the specific biome name to your search parameters.
Subject Headings: Biome/Ecosystem Food Chains Food Webs Predator and Prey
Print Resources Biomes Davis, Barbara., 2007. Biomes and Ecosystems. Pleasantville, NY.: Gareth Stevens. 577 Davis Whitfield, P., Moore, P. D., & Cox, B. (2002). Biomes and Habitats. New York, NY: Macmillan. 577 WHITFIELD Kirchner, Rene. 2006. Introduction to Biomes. San Diego, CA. KidHaven Press. 577 Kirchner
Food Webs Burnie, David. 2004. Series-Kingfisher Knowledge. Endangered Planet. Publication: New York, NY. 333.95 BURNIE Eisenberg, Christina. 2010. The Wolf's Tooth: keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity. Washington, DC: Island Press. 591.53 Eisen 2010 Predator and Prey **Animals Alive**. London; New York, N.Y.: DK Publishing, 2011. **590 Animals 2011** McGInty, A., Kuhn, D. Carnivores in the Food Chain, New York, NY.: PowerKids Press, 2002. 599.71 McGinty Burnie, David. **Predator**. London; New York, N.Y. : DK, 2011. **591.53 Burnie 2011** Baskin-Salzberg, Anita. **Predators!**. New York: F. Watts, 1991. **591.53 Baskin**
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (2000). UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes/Marlene Weigel, Julie L. Carnagie, editor. Publisher Detroit, MI.: U-X-L. R 577.03 UXL v.01 (2006). Compton's by Britannica (Vol. 26 v). Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. R 031 COMPTONS
Scope: This pathfinder is intended to provide you with information about Biomes, the importance of food chains and food webs, and their relationship to all living things on earth. The sources included in this pathfinder are selective rather than comprehensive. Resources have been selected and annotated to provide an overview of the range of materials available.
Introduction: A Biome or Ecosystem is a complete community that is made up of living organisms and nonliving material. It includes plants, animals, microorganisms, soil, rocks, minerals, water, decomposers, producers, consumers, predators, prey, energy, and climate. Biomes come in many different sizes, from a puddle in the street to a rain forest that covers part of a continent. Food Chains or Food Webs exist within a Biome. The Food Chain or Food Web shows us how the Biome works and how each is interdependent on the other. There are seven basic Ecosystems or Biomes located around the world. The resources listed below are for general information. To find out about a specific Biome such as: Tiaga, Rain Forest, Arctic, Tundra, etc… you will need to add the specific biome name to your search parameters.
Subject Headings:
Biome/Ecosystem
Food Chains
Food Webs
Predator and Prey
Print Resources
Biomes
Davis, Barbara., 2007. Biomes and Ecosystems. Pleasantville, NY.: Gareth Stevens. 577 Davis
Whitfield, P., Moore, P. D., & Cox, B. (2002). Biomes and Habitats. New York, NY: Macmillan. 577 WHITFIELD
Kirchner, Rene. 2006. Introduction to Biomes. San Diego, CA. KidHaven Press. 577 Kirchner
Food Chains
Silverstein, Alvin., Silverstein, Virginia B., Nunn, Laura Silverstein. 1998. FoodChains. 577.16 Silverstein
Riley, Peter D., 1998. Food Chains, New York: Franklin Watts. **577.16 Riley**
Busch, Phyllis. S. 1973. Dining on a Sunbeam: Food Chains and Food Webs. New York. NY.: Four Winds Press. 574.5 Busch
Food Webs
Burnie, David. 2004. Series-Kingfisher Knowledge. Endangered Planet. Publication: New York, NY. 333.95 BURNIE
Eisenberg, Christina. 2010. The Wolf's Tooth: keystone predators, trophic cascades, and biodiversity. Washington, DC: Island Press. 591.53 Eisen 2010
Predator and Prey
**Animals Alive**. London; New York, N.Y.: DK Publishing, 2011. **590 Animals 2011**
McGInty, A., Kuhn, D. Carnivores in the Food Chain, New York, NY.: PowerKids Press, 2002. 599.71 McGinty
Burnie, David. **Predator**. London; New York, N.Y. : DK, 2011. **591.53 Burnie 2011**
Baskin-Salzberg, Anita. **Predators!**. New York: F. Watts, 1991. **591.53 Baskin**
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
(2000). UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes/Marlene Weigel, Julie L. Carnagie, editor. Publisher Detroit, MI.: U-X-L. R 577.03 UXL v.01
(2006). Compton's by Britannica (Vol. 26 v). Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. R 031 COMPTONS
Databases
Food Webs
Collins, Nigel and Reid, Chris. (Feb. 2005) Food Webs Uncoupled.Catalyst. 15.3 p16.Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA128709042&v=2.1&u=nsalem&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w
Predators and Prey
Wigel, C. (2005, September). Predator, Prey and Populations. Catalyst, 16(1), 8-8. Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA136385672&v=2.1&u=nsalem&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w
Journals/Periodicals
Biomes/Ecosystems
http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1432-9840
American Geographical Society's Focus on Geography, Winter2009, Vol. 52 Issue 3/4, p66-72, 7p
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=47253397&site=src-live
Jones, H., & Schmidt, O. (). Ecology: Biomes Bounce Back. Nature, 459(7248), 1.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=41335842&site=src-live
Food Chains
(2010, September). A Fragile Web. Geographical, 82(9), 4.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=53993122&site=src-live
(2011, September 3). Web of Life. Weekly Reader News Edition 4-6, 89(1), 6.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=65486385&site=src-live
Rozner, D., & , . (2009, December). Night Lights-Too Much of a Good Thing? New York State Conservationalist, 64(3), 22-26. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=47181498&site=src-live
Web Sites:
Biomes
Biomes of the World. http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/
The World’s Biomes. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/
World Biomes. http://www.worldbiomes.com/
http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html
Food Chains
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain/
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/food.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/00473/foodchain.html
Food Web
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Food_web
http://www.ncat.edu/~student3/pt3/GP10/food_chains_and_webs.htm
Predator and Prey
http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/co-evolution/pred-prey/co-evolution_predator.html
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Predator-prey_cycles?topic=58072