Creatures of habitat : the changing nature of wildlife and wild places in Utah and the intermountain West /

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From flying squirrels on high wooded plateaus to hanging gardens in redrock canyons, the Intermountain West is home to some of the world's rarest and most fascinating animals and plants. Creatures of Habitat details many unique but little-known talents of this region's strange and wonderfu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hengesbaugh, Mark Gerard
Otros Autores: Scholl, Barry, 1962- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©2001.
©2001
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zoology > Utah.
Habitat (Ecology) > Utah.
Zoology > Great Basin.
Habitat (Ecology) > Great Basin.
Zoologie > Utah.
Zoologie > Grand Bassin.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Habitat (Ecology)
Zoology
Tierökologie
Naturschutz
Wildtiere
United States > Great Basin
Utah
Großes Becken
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Lessons from song dogs / Barry School
  • Introduction: How well do you know your neighbors?
  • What's Happening to Wildlife?
  • Animal life on the edge: Does it take a special breed?
  • Mexican spotted owl
  • Desert tortoise
  • Gila monster
  • Peccary
  • Endangered animal communities: The keystone concept
  • Utah prairie dog
  • Burrowing owl
  • Black-footed ferret
  • Historic herds: Reintroducing native large animals into today's limited space
  • Bison
  • Sonoran pronghorn
  • Bighorn sheep
  • Alpine plants and animals: Hardy inhabitants of Utah's high country
  • Alpine island in the sky
  • Pika
  • Moss campion
  • Burke's mustard
  • Spotted frog
  • Flying squirrel
  • Great Basin birds: Frequent flyers at Utah's busiest airport
  • Migratory birds on the Great Salt Lake
  • Whooping cranes and sandhill cranes
  • Loggerhead shirke
  • What's Happening to Wild Places?
  • Island syndrome extinctions: How small an area is too small for nature to carry on?
  • Aliens have invaded! Weeds take over habitat
  • Western hydro-logic floods critical wildlife habitat
  • Lake Powell
  • Jordan River
  • Can Utah's golf courses go green?
  • Transforming the Wasatch Mountains into an amusement park
  • Downhill demographics
  • What harm can a ski run do?
  • What Does the Future Hold?
  • The legacy of predator control
  • State-run animal farm
  • Tough times for adolescent predators
  • Decline of hunting leaves habitat hurting
  • The Nature Conservancy of Utah: Wheeling and dealing in race with extinction.

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