Grass : in search of human habitat / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene.
Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Organisms and environments ;
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| Summary: | Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces the evolutionary, historical, and cultural forces that have reshaped North American rangelands over the past two centuries. He introduces an intriguing cast of characters-wildlife and grasslands biologists, archaeologists, ranchers, and petroleum geologists-to illuminate a wide range of related top. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520944527 0520944526 1282361090 9781282361096 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |