Paul A Johnsgard

Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie

A Nebraska Year

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Produktbeschreibung

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln. He has received the National Conservation Achievement Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award, both sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, and is the author of more than five dozen books on natural history, including The Sandhill and Whooping Cranes: Ancient Voices over America¿s Wetlands and Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie (both available in Bison Books editions).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 139mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780803253377
• ISBN-10: 0803253370
• Artikelnr.: 41050309

Autorenporträt

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has received the National Conservation Achievement Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award, both sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, and is the author of more than five dozen books on natural history, including The Sandhill and Whooping Cranes: Ancient Voices over America's Wetlands and Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie (both available in Bison Books editions).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments    
Part 1. Wild Places and Natural Treasures
1. A Place Called Pahaku    
2. The Life and Hard Times of the Platte River    
3. Nebraska’s Magical Spring Migration    
4. The Birds of Nebraska’s Boondocks    
5. What Is a Tallgrass Prairie?    
6. Close Encounters with Nature at Spring Creek Audubon Prairie    
Part 2. Seasonal Enchantments
Spring    
7. The Snow Geese of the Central Flyway    
8. A Congruence of Cranes    
with Karine Gil-Weir
9. The Whooping Cranes Are Still Surviving Tough Odds    
with Karine Gil-Weir
10. The Strange Courtship of Prairie Grouse    
11. The Secretive Shorebirds and Their Amazing Migrations    
Summer    
12. Birds of the Tallgrass Prairie    
13. Nebraska’s City-Dwelling Peregrines    
14. The Ancient Romance of the Yucca and the Yucca Moth    
Fall    
15. A Dazzle of Hummingbirds    
16. A Symphony of Swans    
17. A Plethora of Pelicans    
Winter    
18. A Gathering of Eagles    
19. A Parliament of Owls    
20. The Feathers of Winter    
Part 3. The View from a High Hill
21. A Summing Up    
Appendix: Latin Names of Plants and Animals Mentioned in the Text    
Bibliographic Sources