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Informationen zum Autor Linda and Robert Scarth have been photographing the natural world for many years, with special emphasis on the flora and fauna of the Midwest. In addition to numerous trips in the United States, they have photographed in Australia, Africa, South America, and the Falkland Islands. Most of their work has involved teaching and research. Most recently, before retirement, Robert was a research scientist and statistician for the University of Iowa's Institute of Rural and Environmental Health, and Linda was the reference librarian at Mount Mercy College. John Pearson, coauthor of The Guide to Iowa's State Preserves (Iowa, 2001), lives in Indianola and works as an ecologist for the Conservation and Recreation Division of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Klappentext Revealing the miniature beauties hidden among the patches of prairie, woodland, and wetland that remain in Iowa's sadly overdeveloped landscape, the seventy-five color photographs in this book presents a cross section of the state's smallest inhabitants. Zusammenfassung Revealing the miniature beauties hidden among the patches of prairie! woodland! and wetland that remain in Iowa's sadly overdeveloped landscape! the seventy-five color photographs in this book presents a cross section of the state's smallest inhabitants.
