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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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| 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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.