The emerald horizon : the history of nature in Iowa /

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Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today's natural environment by understanding yesterday's changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa's moder...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Bur oak book.
Temas:
Natural history > Iowa.
Sciences naturelles > Iowa.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Natural history.
Iowa.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the stage
  • A miracle of sight, scent, and sound
  • The great transformation
  • Prairies today
  • Oak woodlands and bottomland forests today
  • Restoring nature's systems
  • Present quandaries, future quests
  • Common and scientific names of native and naturalized plants in the text.

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