Prairie Time : the Leopold Reserve Revisited.
In the rush of modern life, we measure our lives by the clock, the calendar, the timetable. But there are older rhythms in nature: the call of chickadees before the first hint of spring, the golden face of a compass plant in July, the first snowfall. These signs mark the passage of time in a world t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Wisconsin Press
1998.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Contents13;
- Preface13;
- Prologue13;
- Land and the Seasons13;
- Winter Solstice13;
- Vernal Equinox13;
- Summer Solstice13;
- Autumnal Equinox13;
- Fabric of the Land 13;
- Sand 13;
- Ice13;
- Fire13;
- Water13;
- Roots and Seeds13;
- Phenology13;
- Culture of the Land13;
- Prairie Time13;
- From These Roots13;
- Epilogue Our Cosmic Relative13;
- Citizens of the Prairie and Savanna13;
- Golossarial Notes13;
- North American Geology13;
- Index13.