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Nature's champion : B.W. Wells, Tar Heel ecologist /
Through the pioneering efforts of ecologist B.W. Wells (1884-1978), thousands of North Carolinians learned to appreciate and protect the state's diverse plant life long before ecology and conservation became popular causes. A keen observer of the natural landscape, Wells provided the first scie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[1993]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Through the pioneering efforts of ecologist B.W. Wells (1884-1978), thousands of North Carolinians learned to appreciate and protect the state's diverse plant life long before ecology and conservation became popular causes. A keen observer of the natural landscape, Wells provided the first scientific descriptions in modern terms of the forces that shaped coastal communities, bogs and savannahs, the Carolina bays, pine forests, old fields, and mountain grassy balds. But the broader impact of his life lay in his championship and popularization of nature. Outside academic circles. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231 and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469611211 146961121X 9781469616438 1469616432 9780807858707 0807858706 |