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Book This Fragile Land

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 1995-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780803225787
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book This Fragile Land written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nebraska Sandhills is the largest area of sand dunes in the western hemisphere, covering an area about as large as Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. Unlike most dunes, the Sandhills region supports an astonishing variety of wildlife. Sixty million years ago the area lay submerged in a vast inland sea. As the land lifted and the waters receded, the sandhills were formed, built upon a sandy floor above a sandy basement. Paul A. Johnsgard's appreciation for the region includes its evolution, a process that continues today making a very special place, patiently shaped by water, wind, and time. Sometimes 450 feet higher than their sloping valleys, the hills themselves are almost entirely covered with plants that manage to survive on an unstable substrate and in a climate of merciless heat and cold. They provide homes and resting places for rare species and sustain the livelihoods of a remarkable variety of people. Though firmly established in science, this book is an extended love letter to the Sandhills region and its people, plants, and animals. Johnsgard is now in his third decade of research in the Sandhills. This Fragile Land lets others see what he sees, a land with a fascinating range of geological, biological, and ecological vistas. Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Professor of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Widely published throughout the English-speaking world, he has become a foremost authority on ornithology and bird behavior. His thirty-three books include Birds of the Great Plains, The Platte, Birds of the Rocky Mountains, Those of the Gray Wind, and Diving Birds of North America, all available from the University ofNebraska Press.

Book Wildlife of Nebraska

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  • Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2020-10
  • ISBN : 1496222962
  • Pages : 382 pages

Download or read book Wildlife of Nebraska written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wildlife of Nebraska: A Natural History, Paul A. Johnsgard surveys the variety and biology of more than six hundred Nebraska species. Narrative accounts describe the ecology and biology of the state's birds, its mammals, and its reptiles and amphibians, summarizing the abundance, distributions, and habitats of this wildlife. To provide an introduction to the state's major ecosystems, climate, and topography, Johnsgard examines major public-access natural areas, including national monuments, wildlife refuges and grasslands, state parks and wildlife management areas, and nature preserves. Including more than thirty-five line drawings by the author along with physiographic, ecological, and historical maps, Wildlife of Nebraska is an essential guide to the wildlife of the Cornhusker State.

Book The Birds of Nebraska

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  • Author : Paul Johnsgard
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2018-07-06
  • ISBN : 160962128X
  • Pages : 309 pages

Download or read book The Birds of Nebraska written by Paul Johnsgard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated list of the birds of Nebraska grew gradually out of research associated with my writing of the Birds of the Great Plains: Breeding Species and Their Distribution (Johnsgard, 1979a). It expands and updates an earlier version that was published in 2013 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries DigitalCommons' Zea Books (Johnsgard, 2013a). It has been updated and modified in its current revision to conform with the most recent (2017) major revision of the American Ornithologists' Society's Checklist of North American Birds (Chesser et al., 2017). It has also been modified in its current revision to conform very closely to the most recent "Official List of the Birds of Nebraska" by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (Gubanyi, 1997, and later supplements in the Nebraska Bird Review, to 84:138-150). The NOU's official state list of birds (461 species as of 2017) is based on actual specimen evidence or some other convincing basis of each species' proven occurrence in the state. That list includes 337 "regular" species, 29 "casual" species, 90 "accidental" species, and 5 extinct or extirpated species. In this edition I have classified 368 of the 461 species of Nebraska birds as ranging in relative frequency of occurrence as "abundant" to "rare." There are also 61 species considered to be of "accidental" occurrence, having been reliably reported in Nebraska no more than five times, 20 that are considered "extremely rare" or "very rare," if reported from six to 25 times. There are also three extinct, four extirpated, and five unsuccessfully introduced species. Thirteen hypothetical species of dubious origin or identification are mentioned parenthetically. The text includes more than 123,000 words, nearly 200 literature references, and 19 pages of drawings and maps.

Book Geomorphic and Edaphic Habitats

Download or read book Geomorphic and Edaphic Habitats written by Chris Maser and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Technical Report PNW

Download or read book General Technical Report PNW written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wildlife Habitats in Managed Rangelands

Download or read book Wildlife Habitats in Managed Rangelands written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wetland Birds of the Central Plains  South Dakota  Nebraska and Kansas

Download or read book Wetland Birds of the Central Plains South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas written by Paul Johnsgard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 100,000-word monograph summarizes the distribution, abundance and breeding biology of the 183 species of wetland-adapted birds reliably reported from South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas through 2011. These include 91 species known to breed or have historically bred in the region, 51 species that migrate through the region but are not yet known to breed or have bred there, and 41 species that are extremely rare, probably extinct, or for which evidence as to their current occurrence is questionable. Brief summaries of the breeding biology of all the regionally nesting species are provided, and information for all species is summarized as to seasonal migrations, habitats, and (in most cases) population status. There is an introductory account of the topography, climate and vegetation of the region insofar as these environmental factors influence wetland birds, six regional maps, and more than 500 references.

Book Prairie Birds

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  • Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Prairie Birds written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Johnsgard provides an overview of the history, current status, and uncertain future of prairie birds, from falcons and shorebirds to larks and sparrows. Some are intercontinental migrants that winter in South America, others sedentary species or short-distance travelers that may frequent the grasslands of Mexico. Johnsgard describes each species - its features, habits, habitats, migratory patterns, and breeding season ecology.".

Book Wildlife Review

Download or read book Wildlife Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wildlife Abstracts

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  • Author : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 826 pages

Download or read book Wildlife Abstracts written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Download or read book Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies written by Nebraska Academy of Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wildlife Habitats in Managed Rangelands

Download or read book Wildlife Habitats in Managed Rangelands written by Chris Maser and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book IPASS

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  • Author : Douglas Olson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 768 pages

Download or read book IPASS written by Douglas Olson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Basin Naturalist

Download or read book The Great Basin Naturalist written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wyoming Wildlife  A Natural History

Download or read book Wyoming Wildlife A Natural History written by Paul Johnsgard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys Wyoming's mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian faunas. In addition to introducing the state's geography, geology, climate, and major ecosystems, it provides 65 biological profiles of 72 mammal species, 195 profiles of 196 birds, 9 profiles of 12 reptiles, and 6 profiles of 9 amphibians. There are also species lists of Wyoming's 117 mammals, 445 birds, 22 reptiles, and 12 amphibians. Also included are descriptions of nearly 50 national and state properties, including parks, forests, preserves, and other public-access natural areas in Wyoming. The book includes a text of more than 150,000 words, nearly 700 references, a glossary of 115 biological terms, nearly 50 maps and line drawings by the author, and 33 color photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen.

Book Birds of the Great Plains

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  • Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
  • Publisher : Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 616 pages

Download or read book Birds of the Great Plains written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: