Monarchs And Milkweed A Migrating Butterfly, A Poisonous Pl, De Agrawal, Anurag. Editorial Princeton University Press, Tapa Dura En Inglés, 2017

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Review Winner of a 2017 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature and EnvironmentOne of Forbes ’s 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientistHonorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American PublishersLonglisted for the 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science BooksWinner of the 2018 CBHL Award of Excellence in Gardening and Gardens, Council on Botanical and Horticultural LibrariesA lively, highly informative introduction to significant research in ecology that highlights the importance of conserving our natural habitats. KirkusThis comprehensive and colorful illustrated study of monarch biology and behavior . . . offers another reason to admire the versatile insect: its long and successful symbiotic relationship with the otherwise toxic milkweed plant. . . . Agrawals book will appeal not only to butterfly enthusiasts but also to the environmentally aware and all readers who appreciate solidly written and accessible popular science. BooklistEpic is the only word to describe the annual journey of monarch butterflies. . . . Agrawals splendid book is no less epic, taking us from heart toxins and sodium pumps to climate change and illegal logging. This is important science about an iconic and sadly declining insect, made readable by enthusiastic, personal prose.---Richard Jones, BBC Wildlife Magazine[Anurag Agrawals] book is a minutely detailed exploration of just about everything about [monarchs]: sex lives, dining habits, internal flight guidance and, in particular, their coevolving-but-competitive relationship with milkweed.---Nancy Szokan, Washington PostFantastic, readable, scientifically rich, detailed. . . . Monarchs and Milkweed is to date the coolest nature or science book Ive seen so far this year. Greg Laden’s BlogAgrawals marvelous book is one of the most in--depth explorations of the process of co--evolution I have ever read. . . . What sets this book apart is two things: the superior quality of the writing and the range of scientific depth to which each topic is explored. Agrawal could give the recent grandmaster of science writing, Stephen Jay Gould, a proverbial run, and as a consequence, the book is highly accessible to everyone in a wide age range and from a variety of educational backgrounds.---NSTA Recommends, Science strongly indicates all living things evolved from a common ancestor to form the complex biosphere we inhabit on earth. Agrawal deftly plucks one strand from this web of life, the monarch butterfly, and elucidates reverberations that resonate from the dawn of time to the present and back and forth among life forms along the way. . . . Monarch life history on a toxic host laden with cardenolides and largely dependent on migrating vast distances to tiny overwintering sites and back again is the backbone of the book. . . . Color illustrations are abundantly informative, the main text font is eminently legible with a useful index, and the well bound paper stock bodes well for the physical longevity of the book. Science Books & FilmWell-illustrated and informative. The CardinalEcological and evolutionary processes are beautifully described in this endearing book. . . . [It] is recommended to all science libraries in general and to the lepidopterists in particular.---R. K. Varshney, BionotesAgrawal addresses a wide range of related topics--from the monarchs life cycle, to historic research, other invertebrates that are part of the milkweed complex, taste aversion, and even mimicry of the monarch’s coloration by other butterflies. The author’s accessible writing style will appeal to both the scientist and lay person. Helpful illustrations and photographs assist in clarifying the narrative. The American GardenerPublic and scientific interest in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) seems to be at an all-time high, and this volume stands out nic