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Author Constantz, George, 1947-

Title Hollows, peepers, and highlanders : an Appalachian Mountain ecology / by George Constantz
Edition 2nd ed
Published Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 359 pages) : illustrations
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Front Cover -- Contents -- Thanks -- Prologue -- Stage and Theater -- Origins -- Forest Design -- Creating Diversity -- Catastrophe and the Appalachian Quilt -- Balds -- The Asian Connection -- The Players -- The Improbable Lady�s-slipper -- Sexual Decisions of Jack-in-the-Pulpit -- Nuptial Gift of the Hangingfly -- Femmes Fatales of Twilight -- Small Fishes in Shallow Headwaters -- Darter Daddies -- To the Brook Trout, with Esteem -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Primer -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Coexistence
A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: MimicryLove Among the Frogs -- Box Turtle�s Independence -- Copperhead�s Year -- Oaks and Squirrels -- Highlanders -- Seasonal Acts -- Autumn Leaves -- Window on Bird Politics -- Thwarting Swords of Ice -- Spring Tensions -- Dawn Chorus -- Trees and Caterpillars -- Epilogue -- The Remnant Archipelago -- Abuse, Resurrection, Hope -- Actors -- Plants -- Animals -- Jargon -- Sources -- Prologue -- Origins -- Forest Design -- Creating Diversity -- Catastrophe and the Appalachian Quilt
The Asian ConnectionThe Improbable Lady�s-slipper -- Sexual Decisions of Jack-in-the-pulpit -- Nuptial Gift of the Hangingfly -- Femmes Fatales of Twilight -- Small Fishes in Shallow Headwaters -- Darter Daddies -- To the Brook Trout, with Esteem -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy -- Love Among the Frogs -- Box Turtle�s Independence -- Copperhead�s Year -- Oaks and Squirrels -- Highlanders -- Autumn Leaves -- Window on Bird Politics -- Thwarting Swords of Ice -- Spring Tensions -- Dawn Chorus -- Trees and Caterpillars
The Remnant ArchipelagoAbuse, Resurrection, Hope -- Index -- About George Constantz -- Back Cover
Analysis "Multi-User"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-342) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Forest ecology -- Appalachian Region
Forest plants -- Adaptation -- Appalachian Region
Forest animals -- Adaptation -- Appalachian Region
Natural history -- Appalachian Region
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Forest animals -- Adaptation
Forest ecology
Forest plants -- Adaptation
Natural history
SUBJECT Appalachian Region. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006073
Subject Appalachian Region
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003116400
ISBN 9781935978022
1935978020