Prairie conservation : preserving North America's most endangered ecosystem

Prairie conservation : preserving North America's most endangered ecosystem /

A New Framework for Prairie Conservation / Paul G. Risser.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Samson, Fred B., Knopf, Fritz L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Prairie conservation > North America.
Ecosystem management > North America.
prairies.
ecosystems.
resource management.
natural resources conservation.
Ecosystem management.
Prairie conservation.
Prärie.
Ökologie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Naturschutz.
North America.
Nordamerika.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / E. Benjamin Nelson
  • 1. A Long Love Affair with an Uncommon Country: Environmental History and the Great Plains / Dan L. Flores
  • 2. The Economic Value of the Prairie / Jeffery R. Williams and Penelope L. Diebel
  • 3. Prairie Ecology
  • The Tallgrass Prairie / Ernest M. Steinauer and Scott L. Collins
  • 4. Prairie Ecology
  • The Mixed Prairie / Thomas B. Bragg and Allen A. Steuter
  • 5. Prairie Ecology
  • The Shortgrass Prairie / T. Weaver, Elizabeth M. Payson and Daniel L. Gustafson
  • 6. Prairie Ecology
  • Prairie Wetlands / Bruce D.J. Batt
  • 7. Prairie Legacies
  • Invertebrates / Cody L. Arenz and Anthony Joern
  • 8. Prairie Legacies
  • Fish and Aquatic Resources / Charles F. Rabeni
  • 9. Prairie Legacies
  • Amphibians and Reptiles / Paul S. Corn and Charles R. Peterson
  • 10. Prairie Legacies
  • Birds / Fritz L. Knopf
  • 11. Prairie Legacies
  • Mammals / Russell A. Benedict, Patricia W. Freeman and Hugh H. Genoways
  • 12. The Great Plains Partnership / Jo S. Clark
  • 13. Canada's Prairie Conservation Action Plan / Ian W. Dyson
  • 14. A Multiple-Scale Approach to Conservation Planning in the Great Plains / Stephen J. Chaplin, Wayne R. Ostlie, Rick E. Schneider and John S. Kenney
  • 15. Working Partnerships for Conserving the Nation's Prairie Pothole Ecosystem: The U.S. Prairie Pothole Joint Venture / Steven J. Kresl, James T. Leach, Carol A. Lively and Ronald E. Reynolds
  • 16. Northern Grassland Conservation and the Prairie Joint Ventures / Michael G. Anderson, Rod B. Fowler and Jeffrey W. Nelson
  • 17. Sustainable Grassland Utilization and Conservation in Prairie Agricultural Landscapes / Peter J. Buesseler
  • 18. Ecosystem Management and the National Grasslands / Stanley E. Senner and Brian D. Ladd
  • 19. The Sandhill Management Plan: A Partnership Initiative / Gene D. Mack
  • 20. Management Challenges for Prairie Grasslands in the Twenty-first Century / Richard K. Baydack, James H. Patterson, Clayton D. Rubec, Allen J. Tyrchniewicz and Ted W. Weins
  • Summary: A New Framework for Prairie Conservation / Paul G. Risser.

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