Prairie : A Natural History of the Heart of North America: Revised Edition
Overview
Praise for the previous edition of Prairie:
"Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."
--Globe and Mail
Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.
This revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.
It also offers new information on:
- conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds;
- grassland loss and conservation;
- the health of rivers and the water table;
- the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands;
- the benefits of regenerative agriculture
Illustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies.
Illustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781771645942
- ISBN-10: 1771645946
- Publisher: Greystone Books
- Publish Date: April 2020
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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