Briefly describes different types of grasslands, their plant and animal life, and environmental threats.
... Judy Murray, Jim Neal, Chris Oberholster, Steve Orzell, Kyle Palmquist, Karen Patterson, Bob Peet, Tom Philipps, Bill Platt, David Printiss, Milo Pyne, Chris reid, Jimi Sadle, Mike Schafale, ed Schwartzman, Al Schotz, Nora Schubert, ...
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 ...
Describes the plants, animals, and climate that are a part of the grassland ecosystem, and explains what threatens this biome.
What plants and animals call grassy flatlands home? Find out what lives in grassland habitats.
This volume is the result of a Symposium, held in October, 1985, to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the De partment of Plant Ecology of the University of Groningen.
This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest and hottest and the highest and coldest on earth as well as ...
This book brings together information on the contrasting characteristics, condition, present use and problems of the world's main natural grasslands.
Describes the plants and animals found in the different types of North American prairies and grasslands.
This title will introduce readers to grassland ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts.
This is an indispensable reference for everyone interested in the California environment."—Brent Mishler, Director of the University & Jepson Herbaria and Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley "The structure and function of ...