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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Bur oak book.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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