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Threads from the Web of Life takes readers on a journey around the globe as the author describes unique and unusual ecological processes. It is ideal for casual reading as well as a source of selections to read aloud or to link literature with the study of natural history. --NSTA Recommends, National Science Teachers Association Daubert's Threads from the Web of Life is written in the tradition of Aldo Leopold and Bernd Heinrich. It teaches by drawing you into the drama, excitement, and beauty of nature. --Don Glass, host of the NPR-syndicated program A Moment of Science Daubert's prose is beautifully written without sacrificing important biological details, so readers come away with awe and great respect for the natural world's wonders. --The Sierra Club's The Green Life Each of these happenings is a thread in the intricate web of life, and Daubert . . . demonstrates that these threads are easily broken by humans. . . . Instructive and entertaining. --Publishers Weekly Highly recommended. . . . The stories are as much enjoyable as they are informative. --Science Books & Films, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Threads from the Web of Life takes readers on a journey around the globe as the author describes unique and unusual ecological processes. It is ideal for casual reading as well as a source of selections to read aloud or to link literature with the study of natural history. --NSTA Recommends, National Science Teachers Association Highly recommended. . . . The stories are as much enjoyable as they are informative. --Science Books & Films, American Association for the Advancement of Science Daubert's Threads from the Web of Life is written in the tradition of Aldo Leopold and Bernd Heinrich. It teaches by drawing you into the drama, excitement, and beauty of nature. --Don Glass, host of the NPR-syndicated program A Moment of Science Each of these happenings is a thread in the intricate web of life, and Daubert . . . demonstrates that these threads are easily broken by humans. . . . Instructive and entertaining. --Publishers Weekly Daubert's prose is beautifully written without sacrificing important biological details, so readers come away with awe and great respect for the natural world's wonders. --The Sierra Club's The Green Life

Daubert's Threads from the Web of Life is written in the tradition of Aldo Leopold and Bernd Heinrich. It teaches by drawing you into the drama, excitement, and beauty of nature. --Don Glass, host of the NPR-syndicated program A Moment of Science Each of these happenings is a thread in the intricate web of life, and Daubert . . . demonstrates that these threads are easily broken by humans. . . . Instructive and entertaining. --Publishers Weekly Threads from the Web of Life takes readers on a journey around the globe as the author describes unique and unusual ecological processes. It is ideal for casual reading as well as a source of selections to read aloud or to link literature with the study of natural history. --NSTA Recommends, National Science Teachers Association Highly recommended. . . . The stories are as much enjoyable as they are informative. --Science Books & Films, American Association for the Advancement of Science Daubert's prose is beautifully written without sacrificing important biological details, so readers come away with awe and great respect for the natural world's wonders. --The Sierra Club's The Green Life

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Dr Stephen Daubert is a naturalist writer, a scholar versed in the scientific method, and an observer familiar with places in the world where wild diversity still thrives. His scientific viewpoint shifts across perspectives—from the molecular level, to the look back through the fossil record, all in the context of an evolving cosmos where planets are created and destroyed.

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