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To Find a Pasqueflower : A Story of the Tallgrass Prairie /
"Description: The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it's also an ecosystem...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
2022.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Disclaimer
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Prairie, People, and Perceptions
- A Prairie Education
- Chapter 2. Where the Prairie Begins
- The Next Prairie Visit
- Chapter 3. Where the Prairie Ends
- Personal Geographies
- Chapter 4. Historic Prairie Fires
- Prairie Wilderness
- Chapter 5. A Stable, Balanced, Cooperative Equilibrium
- Conversing with the Dead
- Chapter 6. Prairie Flora
- What We Know
- Chapter 7. Modern Fires, Plant Community, and Productivity
- Ashes to Ashes
- Chapter 8. Prairie Remnants
- Prairies I've Known
- Chapter 9. Prairie Belowground
- Only Gravel Ridges Are Poor Enough
- Chapter 10. Prairie Beasts
- An Acceptable Substitute
- Chapter 11. Prairie Feathers
- Counting Chickens
- Chapter 12. Prairie Insects
- Two Worlds
- Chapter 13. Patches, Mosaics, and Management
- Through a Lens
- Chapter 14. Prairie Trees
- Lawns of God
- Chapter 15. Prairie Restoration
- Keeping the Cogs and Wheels
- Chapter 16. New Advocates for Prairie Conservation
- Prairie Spring
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index