Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.
Praise for the previous edition ofPrairie:
-Globe and Mail
This revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.
It also offers new information on:
conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds;
grassland loss and conservation;
the health of rivers and the water table;
the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands;
the benefits of regenerative agriculture.
Illustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies.
Buy Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America: Revised Edition by Candace Savage from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.