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To Find a Pasqueflower: A Story of the Tallgrass Prairie de Greg Hoch

To Find a Pasqueflower: A Story of the Tallgrass Prairie: Bur Oak Book

Autor Greg Hoch
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 mai 2022
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring. 

Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans’ participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781609388256
ISBN-10: 1609388259
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 7 b&w photos, 5 b&w figures
Dimensiuni: 152 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Iowa Press
Colecția University Of Iowa Press
Seria Bur Oak Book

Recenzii

“Greg Hoch has created a truly valuable new contribution to the literature on prairies. Of particular note is the depth of his research, reflected in the amazing array of fascinating quotes scatter throughout the book and his comprehensive references. Hoch poses more thought-provoking questions than he answers, giving an accurate portrayal of how much we still have to learn about prairies and how to care for them. This is a must-have volume for anyone interested in prairies as a naturalist, ecologist, land manager, artist, or casual enthusiast.”—Scott Fulton, president, the Prairie Enthusiasts
“To Find a Pasqueflower invites us into the love of Greg Hoch’s life: America’s unfathomably complex tallgrass prairies. Science-based chapters summon us to look more closely and ask more questions. Enticing personal essays speak of landscapes of the heart and soul—springtime’s emergence, wolves glimpsed on the trail, the booming of prairie chickens. Hungry for prairie? This book will feed your desires.”—Cornelia F. Mutel, author, A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland
“Hoch blends history, science, and personal experience to paint a richly detailed portrait of the North American tallgrass prairie. He also highlights the role of humans in the development and near disappearance of the prairie and the need for action to preserve this iconic ecosystem for future generations.”—John Blair, director, Konza Prairie Biological Station

Notă biografică

Greg Hoch works as a prairie habitat supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He is author of Booming from the Mists of Nowhere: The Story of the Greater Prairie-Chicken (Iowa, 2015), Sky Dance of the Woodcock: The Habits and Habitats of a Strange Little Bird (Iowa, 2019), and With Wings Extended: A Leap into the Wood Duck’s World (Iowa, 2020). He lives near Cambridge, Minnesota.

Cuprins

Introduction
Chapter 1. Prairie, People, and Perceptions
A Prairie Education
Chapter 2. Where the Prairie Begins
The Next Prairie Visit
Chapter 3. Where the Prairie Ends
Personal Geographies
Chapter 4. Historic Prairie Fires
Prairie Wilderness
Chapter 5. A Stable, Balanced, Cooperative Equilibrium
Conversing with the Dead
Chapter 6. Prairie Flora
What We Know
Chapter 7. Modern Fires, Plant Community, and Productivity
Ashes to Ashes
Chapter 8. Prairie Remnants
Prairies I’ve Known
Chapter 9. Prairie Belowground
Only Gravel Ridges Are Poor Enough
Chapter 10. Prairie Beasts
An Acceptable Substitute
Chapter 11. Prairie Feathers
Counting Chickens
Chapter 12. Prairie Insects
Two Worlds
Chapter 13. Patches, Mosaics, and Management
Through a Lens
Chapter 14. Prairie Trees
Lawns of God
Chapter 15. Prairie Restoration
Keeping the Cogs and Wheels
Chapter 16. New Advocates for Prairie Conservation
Prairie Spring
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Descriere

In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring.