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Author:

Johnsgard, Paul A.

Title:

Great wildlife of the Great Plains / Paul A. Johnsgard ; illustrated by the author.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xv, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Vertebrates--Great Plains.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303).

Contents:

The geography and natural communities of the great plains -- Big bluestem and small sparrows: the tallgrass prairie -- Little bluestem and loess hills: the mixed-grass prairie -- High plains, short grass, and pronghorns: the short-grass prairie -- Box turtles, blowouts, and old boots: the sandhills grasslands -- Rattlesnakes, roadrunners, and rock wrens: the arid shrubsteppes -- Shaded shorelines and tall trees: the riverine and upland hardwood forests -- The western rim of the plains: coniferous forests and woodlands -- Waders, dabblers, and divers: the prairie wetlands -- Cowbirds, coyotes and cardinals: the wildlife around us -- The transients: migrants and drifters -- What is still so great about the great plains?

ISBN:

9780700612246 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700612246 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2002012959

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)