Author: Robert W. FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The Original Vegetation Cover of Wisconsin
Author: Robert W. FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The Vegetation of Wisconsin
Author: John Thomas CurtisPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299019402
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
One of the most important contributions in the field of plant ecology during the twentieth century, this definitive survey established the geographical limits, species compositions, and as much as possible of the environmental relations of the communities composing the vegetation of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Land and Life
Author: Robert Clifford OstergrenPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299153540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Rolling green hills dotted with Holstein cows, red barns, and blue silos. The Great Lakes ports at Superior, Ashland, and Kenosha. A Polish wedding dance or a German biergarten in Milwaukee. The dappled quiet of the Chequamagon forest. A weatherbeaten but tidy town hall at the intersection of two county trunk highways. Ojibwa families gathering wild rice into canoes. The boat ride through the Dells. The upland ridges of the Driftless Area, falling away into hidden valleys. . . . These are images of Wisconsin's land and life, images that evoke a strong sense of place. This book, Wisconsin Land and Life, is an exploration of place, a series of original essays by Wisconsin geographers that offers an introduction to the state's natural environment, the historical processes of its human habitation, and the ways that nature and people interact to create distinct regional landscapes. To read it is to come away with a sweeping view of Wisconsin's geography and history: the glaciers that carved lakes and moraines; the soils and climate that fostered the prairies and great northern pine forests; the early Native Americans who began to shape the landscape and who established forest trails and river portages; the successive waves of Europeans who came to trade in furs, mine for lead and iron, cut the white pines, establish farms, work in the lumber and paper mills, and transform spent wheatfields into pasture for dairy cattle. Readers will learn, too, about the platting and naming of Wisconsin's towns, the establishment of county and township governments, the growth of urban neighborhoods and parishes, the role of rivers, railroads, and religion in shaping the state's growth, and the controversial reforestation of the cutover lands that eventually transformed hardscrabble farms and swamps into a sportsman's paradise. Abundantly illustrated with photos and maps, this book will richly reward anyone who wishes to learn more about the land and life of the place we know as Wisconsin.
A Thousand Pieces of Paradise
Author: Lynne HeasleyPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299213935
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
A Thousand Pieces of Paradise is an ecological history of property and a cultural history of rural ecosystems set in one of the Midwest’s most historically significant regions, the Kickapoo River Valley. Whether examining the national war on soil erosion, Amish migration, a Corps of Engineers dam project, or Native American land claims, Lynne Heasley traces the history of modern American property debates. Her book holds powerful lessons for rural communities seeking to reconcile competing values about land and their place in it.
Spatial Data Collections and Services
Author: Joseph A. SalemPublisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin--Madison Arboretum
Author: Theodore S. CochranePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A pioneer and leader in the preservation and restoration of native Midwest prairies since the 1930s, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum has a stellar collection of prairie plant species, including horsetails, ferns, rushes, sedges, grasses, shrubs, vines, and wildflowers. This guide illustrates and describes more than 360 native and introduced species that grow and bloom on the Arboretum prairies and also briefly discusses or mentions many additional species, infraspecific taxa, and hybrids. Its intent is to increase awareness and respect for remaining small prairie remnants, motivate readers to work for prairie preservation and restoration, and encourage the planting of native species in yards and gardens. Botanist and taxonomist Theodore S. Cochrane has written the text to engage a variety of readers: prairie enthusiasts, gardeners, amateur botanists, younger students learning about plants, and college students and professionals. Nomenclature follows in part the new APG classification system. Richly illustrated with detailed color photographs by Claudia S. Lipke and botanical illustrations and maps by Kandis Elliot, the guide provides a beautiful and informative sample of the flora of the Arboretum and of the southern Wisconsin prairie landscape. Many of the plants, of course, are also found throughout the upper Midwestern United States and in adjacent southern Canada.
Wisconsin's Biodiversity as a Management Issue
Author: Miscellaneous Publication
Author: An Ecological and Paleoecological Study of the Vegetation in the Big Woods Region of Minnesota
Author: Eric Christopher GrimmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments
Author: Mark E. JensenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441986200
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
A rich set of protocols for the process of assessing the ecological make-up of the land so as to guide environmental decision-making.