The Emerald Horizon - The History of Nature in Iowa

Zusammenfassung Summarizing the geological! archaeological! and ecological features that shaped Iowa's modern landscape! this book recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. It examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa's prairies! woodlands! and wetlands were transformed. Informationen zum Autor Ecologist Cornelia Mutel is the historian and archivist for IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering. She is the author of Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess Hills (IOWA! 1989)! coauthor of From Grassland to Glacier: The Natural History of Colorado and the Surrounding Region! and coeditor of Land of the Fragile Giants: Landscapes! Environments! and Peoples of the Loess Hills (IOWA! 1994) and The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies! Savannas! and Woodlands. Klappentext Summarizing the geological! archaeological! and ecological features that shaped Iowa's modern landscape! this book recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. It examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa's prairies! woodlands! and wetlands were transformed.

Product details

• Authors: Cornelia F. Mutel
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9781587296321
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-632-1
• No. of pages: 297
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: A Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Book
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous