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Swamplands : tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat /
"In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Great Dismal Swamp
- Central Park
- Peat and endangered species
- Tropical peat
- Ash meadows, ancient bogs, and desert fens
- Sasquatches of the swamps
- Peat and reptiles
- Mountain peat
- Ring of fire : the Hudson Bay lowlands
- Pingos, polygons, and frozen peat
- Tundra beavers, saltwater trout, and barren-ground grizzly bears
- Portals to the Otherworld
- "Growing peat"
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the author.