| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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A Bur oak book |
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Bur oak book.
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| Contents |
Setting the stage -- A miracle of sight, scent, and sound -- The great transformation -- Prairies today -- Oak woodlands and bottomland forests today -- Restoring nature's systems -- Present quandaries, future quests -- Common and scientific names of native and naturalized plants in the text |
| Summary |
Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today's natural environment by understanding yesterday's changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa's modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa's prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring n |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Iowa
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Natural history
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Iowa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587297472 |
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1587297477 |
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