National Grasslands Story
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,67 MB
Release : 1963
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Release : 1963
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Author : United States. Forest Service
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Grasslands
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Author : Reed F. Noss
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,59 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 159726489X
Forgotten Grasslands of the South is the study of one of the biologically richest and most endangered ecosystems in North America. In a seamless blend of science and personal observation, renowned ecologist Reed Noss explains the natural history of southern grasslands, their origin and history, and the physical determinants of grassland distribution, including ecology, soils, landform, and hydrology. In addition to offering fascinating new information about these little-studied ecosystems, Noss demonstrates how natural history is central to the practice of conservation. Although theory and experimentation have recently dominated the field of ecology, ecologists are coming to realize how these distinct approaches are not divergent but complementary, and that pursuing them together can bring greater knowledge and understanding of how the natural world works and how we can best conserve it. This long-awaited work sets a new standard for scientific literature and is essential reading for those who study and work to conserve the grasslands of the South as well as for everyone who is fascinated by the natural world.
Author : Francis Moul
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0803205465
A guide to the American grasslands and the Grasslands National Park of Canada, this work presents a history of the region, including the establishment of the national grasslands as an important part of the New Deal's social revolution. It also provides a summary of the debates surrounding preservation and use.
Author : Greg M. Peters
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1643261258
A complete look at America’s National Forests—their triumphs, challenges, controversies, and vital programs—and the dedicated people who keep them alive.
Author : John Ernest Weaver
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Page : 360 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 2012-06-01
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ISBN : 9781258398705
Author : Gavin Van Horn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 022644158X
A hiking trail through majestic mountains. A raw, unpeopled wilderness stretching as far as the eye can see. These are the settings we associate with our most famous books about nature. But Gavin Van Horn isn’t most nature writers. He lives and works not in some perfectly remote cabin in the woods but in a city—a big city. And that city has offered him something even more valuable than solitude: a window onto the surprising attractiveness of cities to animals. What was once in his mind essentially a nature-free blank slate turns out to actually be a bustling place where millions of wild things roam. He came to realize that our own paths are crisscrossed by the tracks and flyways of endangered black-crowned night herons, Cooper’s hawks, brown bats, coyotes, opossums, white-tailed deer, and many others who thread their lives ably through our own. With The Way of Coyote, Gavin Van Horn reveals the stupendous diversity of species that can flourish in urban landscapes like Chicago. That isn’t to say city living is without its challenges. Chicago has been altered dramatically over a relatively short timespan—its soils covered by concrete, its wetlands drained and refilled, its river diverted and made to flow in the opposite direction. The stories in The Way of Coyote occasionally lament lost abundance, but they also point toward incredible adaptability and resilience, such as that displayed by beavers plying the waters of human-constructed canals or peregrine falcons raising their young atop towering skyscrapers. Van Horn populates his stories with a remarkable range of urban wildlife and probes the philosophical and religious dimensions of what it means to coexist, drawing frequently from the wisdom of three unconventional guides—wildlife ecologist Aldo Leopold, Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu, and the North American trickster figure Coyote. Ultimately, Van Horn sees vast potential for a more vibrant collective of ecological citizens as we take our cues from landscapes past and present. Part urban nature travelogue, part philosophical reflection on the role wildlife can play in waking us to a shared sense of place and fate, The Way of Coyote is a deeply personal journey that questions how we might best reconcile our own needs with the needs of other creatures in our shared urban habitats.
Author : William J. Bond
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,49 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198812450
Explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of 'open ecosystems' which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands.
Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 1404860193
Talks about each habitat and shows what would happen if the food chain was broken.
Author : Donna M. Bateman
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 31,47 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 143013030X
As she did with swamps in DEEP IN THE SWAMP, the author patterns the verses in this vivid exploration of the prairie ecosystem on the popular counting rhyme, "Over in the Meadow". With delightful collage illustrations and additional informative text, this showcase of the animals, flora, and fauna native to the prairie in Badlands National Park, South Dakota is solid science fun!