Prairie A Natural History Of The Heart Of North America Revised Candace Savage by Candace Savage 9781771645942, 9781771645959, 1771645946, 1771645954 instant download after payment.

Praise for the previous edition of Prairie: "Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature." --Globe and Mail Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated. 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.