| Description |
xvii, 483 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-469) and index. |
| Contents |
Seed plots -- Written on the hills -- The middle border -- Interpreting Pharaoh's dream -- An American system -- A common concept of land -- Ecological poetry -- The germ and the juggernaut -- Wildlife and the new man -- Knowing nature -- A new kind of conservation. |
| Summary |
Building on past scholarship and a fresh study of Leopold's unpublished archival materials, Aldo Leopold's Odyssey illuminates his lifelong quest for answers to a fundamental issue: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy, too? Leopold's journey took him from Iowa to Yale to the Southwest to Wisconsin, with fascinating stops along the way to probe the causes of early land settlement failures, contribute to the emerging science of ecology, and craft a new vision for land use. |
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Includes information on agriculture, biotic community, biotic pyramid, community-based idea of good land use, biological cycle, deforestation, diversity of plant and animal species, Dust Bowl, ecology, Charles Elton, dynamic community organization and energy flows, erosion, evolution, forests, grazing, Great Depression, William T. Hornaday, hunting, land capacity for self-renewal, land ethic, land health, land pyramid, land use planning, New Deal, nutrient (energy) cycling, predators, private ownership issues, soil, water shortages, wildlife conservation, etc. |
| Subject |
Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948.
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Naturalists -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
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Conservationists -- Wisconsin -- Biography.
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Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
1597260452 (alk. paper) |
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9781597260459 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2433271 |
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NZ1 10984504 |
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