Prairie
A Natural History of the Heart of North America Tagline: Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Greystone Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2020
- Category
- Plains & Prairies, Geography, Ecology
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771645942
- Publish Date
- Apr 2020
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
Praise for the previous edition of Prairie:
"Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."
—Globe and Mail
Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.
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.
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.
About the author
Candace Savage is the author of numerous internationally acclaimed books on subjects ranging from natural history and science to popular culture. She is the author of the best-selling natural history titles Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays and Prairie: A Natural History, for which she won two Saskatchewan Book Awards and a Gold Medal from ForeWord Magazine in 2004. She is also a frequent contributor to numerous periodicals, including Canadian Geographic. She lives in Saskatoon, SK.
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How to Know a Crow
The Biography of a Brainy Bird
Always Beginning
The Big Bang, the Universe, and You
Strangers in the House
A Prairie Story of Bigotry and Belonging
Strangers in the House
Hello, Crow
Bird Brains
The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays
Best Places to Bird in the Prairies
Crows
Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World {10th anniversary edition}
A Geography of Blood
Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape
Curious By Nature
One Woman's Exploration of the Natural World
