American Serengeti : the last big animals of the Great Plains /

"Bison. Horses. Coyotes. Wolves. Grizzly Bears. Pronghorns. A la John McPhee and Edward Hoagland, noted Western and environmental historian Flores dazzles with his vivid, informed, and richly detailed essays on six iconic animals of the American Great Plains. Diving into their genetic past as f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Flores, Dan, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Subjects:
Animals > Great Plains > History.
Herbivores > Great Plains > History.
Predatory animals > Great Plains > History.
Grassland animals > Great Plains > History.
Grassland ecology > Great Plains.
Natural history > Great Plains.
Human-animal relationships > Great Plains > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Great Plains > History.
Environmental degradation > Great Plains > History.
Wildlife conservation > Great Plains > History.
Herbivores > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Prédateurs > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Faune des prairies > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Écologie des prairies > Grandes Plaines.
Sciences naturelles > Grandes Plaines.
Relations homme-animal > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Environnement > Dégradation > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Faune > Protection > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
NATURE > Endangered Species.
NATURE > Animals > Wolves.
NATURE > Animals > Bears.
Grassland ecology
Grassland animals
Animals
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Herbivores
Human-animal relationships
Natural history
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Predatory animals
Wildlife conservation
Bison
Gabelbock
Grizzlybär
Pferd
Präriewolf
Wolf
Great Plains > History.
Great Plains > Environmental conditions.
Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Grandes Plaines > Conditions environnementales.
Great Plains
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: American Serengeti
  • 1. Empires of the Sun : Big History and the Great Plains
  • 2. Pronghorns : Survivors from a Lost World
  • 3. Coyote : The American Jackal
  • 4. Bringing Home All the Pretty Horses : The Horse Trade and the American Great Plains
  • 5. The Most Dangerous Beast : The Grizzly, the Great Plains, and the West
  • 6. A Dream of Bison
  • 7. Wolfsong Redux
  • 8. Loving the Plains, Hating the Plains, Re-Wilding the Plains.

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