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Southern Wonder : Alabama's Surprising Biodiversity /
Southern Wonder explores Alabama's amazing biological diversity, the reasons for the large number of species in the state, and the importance of their preservation. Alabama ranks fifth in the nation in number of species of plants and animals found in the state, surpassed only by the much larger...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
The University of Alabama Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Southern Wonder : |b Alabama's Surprising Biodiversity / |c R. Scot Duncan ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Tuscaloosa, Alabama : |b The University of Alabama Press, |c [2013] | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a List of Illustrations; Foreword Edward O. Wilson; Acknowledgments; 1. Number One in the East; 2. A Tale of Two Mice; 3. Anomalous Alabama; 4. Alabama Rocks; 5. Biodiversity through Deep Time; 6. Speciation Southern-Style; 7. The Aquatic State; 8. Southern Coastal Plain; 9. Southeastern Plains; 10. Ridge and Valley; 11. Southwestern Appalachians; 12. Piedmont; 13. Interior Plateau; 14. Gulf of Mexico; 15. The Future of Alabama's Biodiversity; Notes; List of Abbreviations; References; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Southern Wonder explores Alabama's amazing biological diversity, the reasons for the large number of species in the state, and the importance of their preservation. Alabama ranks fifth in the nation in number of species of plants and animals found in the state, surpassed only by the much larger western states of California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. When all the species of birds, trees, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, wildflowers, dragonflies, tiger beetles, and ants are tallied, Alabama harbors more species than 90 percent of the other states in the United Sta. | ||
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| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Ecology. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00901476 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Biodiversity conservation. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01429861 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Biodiversity. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01429860 | |
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