Mountain nature :: a seasonal natural history of the Southern Appalachians /

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...

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1. Verfasser: Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:North Carolina history & culture anthology.
NC LIVE module.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.
ISBN:9780807898260
0807898260
9780807833865
080783386X