Candace Savage\'s acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now Revised and updated.
Illustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies..
It also offers new information on: - conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds; - grassland loss and conservation; - the health of rivers and the water table; - the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands; - the benefits of regenerative agriculture. --Globe and Mail This Revised Edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.
Praise for the previous Edition of Prairie : Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature.
Candace Savage\'s acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now Revised and updated
