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1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index. |
Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE DIVERSE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; 1 THE NATURE OF CYCLES; SIDEBARS; 2 CYCLES OF SPRING: MARCH, APRIL, MAY; 3 CYCLES OF SUMMER: JUNE, JULY, AUGUST; 4 CYCLES OF FALL: SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER; 5 CYCLES OF WINTER: DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY; APPENDIX: Federal Public Lands in the Southern Appalachians; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Natural history -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Natural history. |
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Southern Appalachian Region. |
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Forest ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Forest ecology. |
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Mountain ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Mountain ecology. |
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Animal ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Animal ecology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer. Mountain nature. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807833865 (DLC) 2009039275 (OCoLC)439212182 |
ISBN |
9780807898260 (electronic book) |
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0807898260 (electronic book) |
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9780807833865 |
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9780807871164 |
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080783386X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807871168 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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