Prairie

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Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.Praise for the previous edition of Prairie: "Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."-Globe and MailThis 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.