TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Howard Everett TI - Small worlds: communities of living things SN - 068418723X U1 - 574.5 22 PY - 1987/// CY - New York PB - Charles Scribner's Sons KW - Biotic communities KW - Juvenile literature KW - Ecology N1 - Includes index; What is an ecosystem? -- An old house -- A sand dune -- The world of the milkweed -- A tidal pool -- The world of cliffs and boulders -- An old wooden barn -- A waterfall spray area -- A tree -- A vacant lot -- A fence line on the prairie -- Roadsides N2 - Describes a number of small self-contained communities, including a sand dune, tidal pool, old barn, and vacant lot, and examines the ways in which the plants and animals interact ER -