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Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America: Revised Edition

Candace Savage

Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.

Praise for the previous edition of Prairie:
"Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."--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.

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.

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Greystone Books
  • Publish Date: Apr 14th, 2020
  • Pages: 336
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 1.00lb
  • EAN: 9781771645942
  • Categories: EcologyEcosystems & Habitats - Plains & PrairiesEarth Sciences - Geography

About the Author

Savage, Candace: - Candace Savage is the author of more than two dozen books, including Strangers in the House, Hello, Crow!, and A Geography of Blood, which won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. She divides her time between homes in Eastend and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.