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University of Iowa Studies in Natural History
Author: Chancey Juday
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2019-03-16
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9781010361138
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State University of Iowa Studies in Natural History
The University of Iowa Studies in Natural History
Studies in Natural History ...
Author: State University of Iowa
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 1084
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Museum Origins
Author: Hugh H. Genoways
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781598741964
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This anthology collects 52 of the most important writings on museum philosophy dating from the formative period of the profession, written by the many of the American and European founders of the field, with contextualizing introductions by the editors.
State University of Iowa Studies in Natural History
A Naturalists Guide to the Great Plains
Author: Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1609621263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book documents nearly 500 US and Canadian locations where wildlife refuges, nature preserves, and similar properties protect natural sites that lie within the North American Great Plains, from Canada's Prairie Provinces to the Texas-Mexico border. Information on site location, size, biological diversity, and the presence of especially rare or interesting flora and fauna are mentioned, as well as driving directions, mailing addresses, and phone numbers or internet addresses, as available. US federal sites include 11 national grasslands, 13 national parks, 16 national monuments, and more than 70 national wildlife refuges. State properties include nearly 100 state parks and wildlife management areas. Also included are about 60 national and provincial parks, national wildlife areas, and migratory bird sanctuaries in Canada's Prairie Provinces. Many public-access properties owned by counties, towns, and private organizations are also described.
The Emerald Horizon
Author: Cornelia F. Mutel
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2008-03
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1587297477
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into one comprehensive whole. Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today’s natural environment by understanding yesterday’s changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa’s modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa’s prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring native species and ecological processes as well as a broad variety of ways in which Iowans can reconnect with the natural world. Throughout, in addition to the many illustrations commissioned for this book, she offers careful scientific exposition, a strong sense of respect for the land, and encouragement to protect the future by learning from the past. The “emerald prairie” that “gleamed and shone to the horizon’s edge,” as botanist Thomas Macbride described it in 1895, has vanished. Cornelia Mutel’s passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape—and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt—invigorates her blend of natural history and human history. Believing that citizens who are knowledgeable about native species, communities, and ecological processes will better care for them, she gives us hope—and sound suggestions—for the future.
