Author : Jim Rogers
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 12,27 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Grasslands
ISBN :
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Grasslands Around the World
Author : Corinne J. Naden
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 1970
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The National Grasslands of the Rocky Mountain Region
Author :
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 30,75 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN :
Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Medicine Bow-Routt and Nebraska National Forests (N.F.), Northern Great Plains Management Plans Revision
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 1999
Category :
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Forests and Grasslands for the Next Millennium
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Forest ecology
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Forgotten Grasslands of the South
Author : Reed F. Noss
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 21,91 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 159726489X
Forgotten Grasslands of the South is the study of one of the biologically richest and most endangered ecosystems in North America. In a seamless blend of science and personal observation, renowned ecologist Reed Noss explains the natural history of southern grasslands, their origin and history, and the physical determinants of grassland distribution, including ecology, soils, landform, and hydrology. In addition to offering fascinating new information about these little-studied ecosystems, Noss demonstrates how natural history is central to the practice of conservation. Although theory and experimentation have recently dominated the field of ecology, ecologists are coming to realize how these distinct approaches are not divergent but complementary, and that pursuing them together can bring greater knowledge and understanding of how the natural world works and how we can best conserve it. This long-awaited work sets a new standard for scientific literature and is essential reading for those who study and work to conserve the grasslands of the South as well as for everyone who is fascinated by the natural world.
Record of Decision for Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Grasslands
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Assessment of grassland ecosystem conditions in the southwestern United States
Author :
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Page : 174 pages
File Size : 35,26 MB
Release : 2004
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The National Grasslands
Author : Francis Moul
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0803205465
A guide to the American grasslands and the Grasslands National Park of Canada, this work presents a history of the region, including the establishment of the national grasslands as an important part of the New Deal's social revolution. It also provides a summary of the debates surrounding preservation and use.
Grasslands of the World
Author : Victor R. Squires
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1351652206
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 vast steppes and prairies in more temperate climes. It is the story of grasses successfully competing with forests and woodlands, aided and abetted by grazing herbivores and by humans and their use of fire as a tool. It is a story of adaptation to changing climates and the changing biophysical environments. A major focus of the book is the Palaearctic biogeographic realm that extends over some 45 million km2 and thus more than 1/3 of the terrestrial ice-free surface on Earth. It comprises extensive grasslands of different types and origin, which can be subdivided into (1) natural grasslands with (1a) steppes (climatogenic in dry climates), (1b) arctic-alpine grasslands (climatogenic in cold climates) and (1c) azonal and extrazonal grasslands (pedogenic and topogenic) as well as (2) secondary grasslands created and sustained by human activities, such as livestock grazing, mowing or burning. Grasslands of the Palaearctic do not only form a major basis for the agriculture of the region and thus its food supply, but are also crucial for other ecosystem services and host a supra proportional part of the realm’s plant and animal diversity. To reflect that suitability of grasslands for biodiversity strongly depends on their state, we apply the term High Nature Value grassland to those natural grasslands that are not degraded (in good state) and those secondary grasslands that are not intensified (semi-natural). The situation in a variety of countries where grasslands are evolving under the influence of global climate change is also considered. Case studies are presented on Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, India, China, South America, North America and Australia. The concluding chapter examines a set of themes arising from the chapters that make up the bulk of this book. The following provide a focus: recent history of grassland biomes – brief recap of current thinking and recent trends with special reference to dry grasslands in the Palearctic regions; the current status of grasslands and germplasm resources (biodiversity) – an overview; management systems that ensure sustainability; how to recover degraded grasslands; socio-economic issues and considerations in grassland management; the impacts of environmental problems in grasslands such as future climate change and intensification and the problems/prospects facing pastoralists and other grassland-based livestock producers.