Grasses And Grassland

Author : David J. Gibson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019852918X
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grasses and Grassland Ecology written by David J. Gibson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most up to date and thorough account of the natural history of the plants that comprise the most important food crop on Earth, the grasses and grasslands.

Author : Mitchel P. McClaran
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816553203
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert Grassland written by Mitchel P. McClaran and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mixed grass and shrub vegetation known to scientists as desert grassland is common to the basins and valleys that skirt the mountain ranges throughout southwestern North America, extending from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas down through thirteen Mexican states. This variegated ground cover is crucial to life in an arid environment. The Desert Grassland offers the most comprehensive study to date of these flora and the rich biotic communities they support. Leading experts in geography, biology, botany, zoology, and geoscience present new research on the desert grassland and review a vast amount of earlier work. They reveal that present-day grasses once grew in the ice-age forests that existed in these areas before the climate dried and the trees vanished and how the intensity and frequency of fire can influence the plant and animal species of the grassland. They also document how the influence of humans—from Amerindians to contemporary ranchers, public land managers, and real estate developers—has changed the relative abundance of woody and herbaceous species and how the introduction of new plants and domesticated animals to the area has also affected biodiversity. The book concludes with a review of the attempts, both failed and successful, to reestablish plants in desert grasslands affected by overgrazing, drought, and farm abandonment. Meticulously researched and copiously illustrated, The Desert Grassland is a major contribution to ecological literature. For advanced lay readers as well as students and scholars of history, geography, and ecology, it will be a standard reference work for years to come.

Author : Richard Manning
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140233881
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grassland written by Richard Manning and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than forty percent of our country was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little-understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of this land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but also a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture. Framing his book with the story of the remarkable elk, whose mysterious wanderings seem to reclaim his ancestral plains, Manning traces the expansion of America into what was then viewed as the American desert and considers our attempts over the last two hundred years to control unpredictable land through plowing, grazing, and landscaping. He introduces botanists and biologists who are restoring native grasses, literally follows the first herd of buffalo restored to the wild prairie, and even visits Ted Turner's progressive--and controversial--Montana ranch. In an exploration of the grasslands that is both sweeping and intimate, Manning shows us how we can successfully inhabit this and all landscapes.

Author : Peter A. Stroh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780901158611
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grassland Plants of the British and Irish Lowlands written by Peter A. Stroh and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Claude Malin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803281257
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History and Ecology written by James Claude Malin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James C. Malin (1893-1979) was a pioneering historian of the Midwest, trained in ecology, agronomy, and social science methodology. His holistic view of human and natural history produced brilliant and still controversial interpretations. This collection makes accessible a broad selection from among his eighteen books and nearly one hundred articles.

Author : Philip Johansson
Publisher : Enslow Elementary
ISBN 13 : 9780766022010
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wide Open Grasslands written by Philip Johansson and published by Enslow Elementary. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the tall, swaying grasses of the North American prairie, seed-eating birds cling to the waving stalks of grass. Prairie dogs and other plant eaters thrive on the carpet of plant food. In the African savannas, herds of zebra and wildebeest travel together in search of grasses to eat. Grasslands, which include prairies and savannas, are home to an amazing variety of plant and wildlife. From elephants to snakes to wildflowers, every living thing plays a part in the web of life of a grassland biome. Book jacket.

Author : Lauren Brown
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grasslands written by Lauren Brown and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1985 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to birds, wildflowers, trees, grasses, insects, etc. of N. America's prairies, fields, and meadows.

Author : Charles Louis Flint
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grasses and Forage Plants written by Charles Louis Flint and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Duncan Scheff
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739835623
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grasslands written by Duncan Scheff and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the features of the grasslands and the plants and animals that live there.

Author : James C. Wilson
Publisher : Entheos
ISBN 13 : 9780939750030
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grass Land written by James C. Wilson and published by Entheos. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: