California's Fading Wildflowers : Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions.

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Offers a historical analysis of the transformation of California's wildflower prairies. This book challenges the thinking on the subject, evaluating the hypothesis that perennial bunchgrasses were once a dominant feature of California's landscape and instead arguing that wildflowers filled...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minnich, Richard A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Temas:
Biological invasions > California.
Plant invasions > California.
Wild flowers > California.
Invasions biologiques > Californie.
Plantes > Envahissement > Californie.
Fleurs sauvages > Californie.
NATURE > Plants > Flowers.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
Biological invasions
Plant invasions
Wild flowers
California
biodiversity.
botanicals.
california history.
california wildflowers.
conservation.
dramatic transformation.
ecological theory.
ecology.
fire management.
groundbreaking book.
historical analysis.
invasive plants.
landscapes.
minnich.
native california plants.
san diego.
spanish explorer.
wildfire.
wildflower prairies.
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; 1. The Golden State; 2. Pre-Hispanic Herbaceous Vegetation; 3. Invasion of Franciscan Annuals, Grazing, and California Pasture in the Nineteenth Century; 4. A Century of Bromes and the Fading of California Wildflowers; 5. Lessons from the Rose Parade; Notes; Appendices; References; Index.

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