"A food chain is a useful way to visually organize backyard organisms interdependence. Similarly, a food web shows how food chains connect within an ecosystem. This comprehensible volume, a valuable addition to any STEM library, will introduce budding scientists to the organisms that may consider their yard-a unique habitat - "home." In fact, these plants and animals depend on that space and each other for their survival. Interesting photographs, diagrams, and fact boxes add interest to the accessible curricular concepts"-- Provided by publisher.