Research Catalog

Title

Ecology and conservation of Great Plains vertebrates / Fritz L. Knopf, Fred B. Samson, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Knopf, Fritz L.
• Samson, Fred B.

Description

xi, 320 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ecological studies ; vol. 125

Uniform Title

Ecological studies ; v. 125.

Subject

• Vertebrates > Ecology > Great Plains
• Wildlife conservation > Great Plains

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Landscape Gradients and Habitat Structure in Native Grasslands of the Central Great Plains / Mary Ann Vinton and Scott L. Collins -- 2. Wetlands of the Great Plains: Habitat Characteristics and Vertebrate Aggregations / Murray K. Laubhan and Leigh H. Fredrickson -- 3. Water Management and Cottonwood Forest Dynamics Along Prairie Streams / Jonathan M. Friedman, Michael L. Scott and Gregor T. Auble -- 4. Comparative Ecology of Native and Introduced Ungulates / D. C. Hartnett, A. A. Steuter and K. R. Hickman -- 5. Historical Changes in the Landscape and Vertebrate Diversity of North Central Nebraska / Michael A. Bogan -- 6. Ecology of Fishes Indigenous to the Central and Southwestern Great Plains / Kurt D. Fausch and Kevin R. Bestgen -- 7. Avian Community Responses to Fire, Grazing, and Drought in the Tallgrass Prairie / John L. Zimmerman -- 8. Effects of Fire on Bird Populations in Mixed-Grass Prairie / Douglas H. Johnson --
• 9. Ecology of Small Mammals in Prairie Landscapes / Glennis A. Kaufman and Donald W. Kaufman -- 10. Stopover Ecology of Transitory Populations: The Case of Migrant Shorebirds / Susan K. Skagen -- 11. Conservation of Grassland Vertebrates / Fritz L. Knopf and Fred B. Samson.

ISBN

0387948023 (New York : hc : acid-free paper)

LCCN

96018352

OCLC

ocm34617754

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries