Grass : In Search of Human Habitat /

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Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Truett, Joe C. (Joe Clyde), 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Grasslands.
Grassland ecology.
Grasses.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
Prairies.
Écologie des prairies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces the evolutionary, historical, and cultural forces that have reshaped North American rangelands over the past two centuries. He introduces an intriguing cast of characters-wildlife and grasslands biologists, archaeologists, ranchers, and petroleum geologists-to illuminate a wide range of related top.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780520944527

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