Mountain nature: a seasonal natural history of the Southern Appalachians
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Main Author: Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2010
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE DIVERSE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; 1 THE NATURE OF CYCLES; SIDEBARS; 2 CYCLES OF SPRING: MARCH, APRIL, MAY; 3 CYCLES OF SUMMER: JUNE, JULY, AUGUST; 4 CYCLES OF FALL: SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER; 5 CYCLES OF WINTER: DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY; APPENDIX: Federal Public Lands in the Southern Appalachians; REFERENCES; INDEX.
The Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things--from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from brawny black bears to more species of salamander than anywhere else in the world. Mountain Nature is a lively and engaging account of the ecology of this remarkable region. It explores the animals and plants of the Southern Appalachians and the webs of interdependence that connect them. Within the region's roughly 35 million acres, extending from north Georgia through the Carolinas to northern Virgini
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 224 pages, [16] pages of plates)
ISBN:0807898260
9780807833865
9780807871164
9780807898260

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