TY - BOOK AU - Royston,Angela TI - Desert Food Chains T2 - Food chains and webs SN - 9781406284201 U1 - 577.54 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford : PB - Raintree, KW - Desert ecology KW - Juvenile literature KW - Food chains (Ecology) KW - Desert animals KW - Wildlife conservation N1 - First published in hardback in2014; Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index; Living in a desert -- Where are deserts? -- What is a food chain? -- An Australian desert food chain -- Plants and the sun -- Animal consumers -- Mojave Desert food chain -- Top predators -- Death and decay -- Sahara Desert food chain -- Food webs -- Broken chains -- Protecting food chains N2 - How was the kangaroo first reported to the Western world? What was the public and scientific reaction to it? What is the status of the kangaroo today? We see unusual animals in the zoo or on TV, but have you ever wondered how they came to be discovered? Some of these animals were so strange and unusual that they were originally thought to have been invented or made up. This series tells the story of some of those animals. In this book, readers can follow the story of how the kangaroo was discovered and find out what makes it special and different. ER -