| Description |
xii, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / E. Benjamin Nelson -- A Long Love Affair with an Uncommon Country: Environmental History and the Great Plains / Dan L. Flores -- The Economic Value of the Prairie / Jeffery R. Williams and Penelope L. Diebel -- Prairie Ecology--The Tallgrass Prairie / Ernest M. Steinauer and Scott L. Collins -- Prairie Ecology--The Mixed Prairie / Thomas B. Bragg and Allen A. Steuter -- Prairie Ecology--The Shortgrass Prairie / T. Weaver, Elizabeth M. Payson and Daniel L. Gustafson -- Prairie Ecology--Prairie Wetlands / Bruce D. J. Batt -- Prairie Legacies--Invertebrates / Cody L. Arenz and Anthony Joern -- Prairie Legacies--Fish and Aquatic Resources / Charles F. Rabeni -- Prairie Legacies--Amphibians and Reptiles / Paul S. Corn and Charles R. Peterson -- Prairie Legacies--Birds / Fritz L. Knopf -- Prairie Legacies--Mammals / Russell A. Benedict, Patricia W. Freeman and Hugh H. Genoways -- The Great Plains Partnership / Jo S. Clark -- Canada's Prairie Conservation Action Plan / Ian W. Dyson -- A Multiple-Scale Approach to Conservation Planning in the Great Plains / Stephen J. Chaplin, Wayne R. Ostlie, Rick E. Schneider and John S. Kenney -- 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 -- Northern Grassland Conservation and the Prairie Joint Ventures / Michael G. Anderson, Rod B. Fowler and Jeffrey W. Nelson -- Sustainable Grassland Utilization and Conservation in Prairie Agricultural Landscapes / Peter J. Buesseler -- Ecosystem Management and the National Grasslands / Stanley E. Senner and Brian D. Ladd -- The Sandhill Management Plan: A Partnership Initiative / Gene D. Mack -- 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 |
| Subject |
Prairie conservation -- North America.
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Ecosystem management -- North America.
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| Indexed Term |
Ecosystem management North America |
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Prairie conservation North America |
| Added Author |
Samson, Fred B.
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Knopf, Fritz L.
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| ISBN |
1559634286 (paper) |
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9781559634281 (paper) |
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1559634278 (cloth) |
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9781559634274 (cloth) |
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