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Author:

Wohl, Ellen E., 1962- author.

Title:

Saving the dammed : why we need beaver-modified ecosystems / Ellen Wohl.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 164 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Beavers--Ecology--Rocky Mountain National Park.--Rocky Mountain National Park.
Beavers--Habitations--Rocky Mountain National Park.--Rocky Mountain National Park.
Stream ecology--Rocky Mountain National Park.--Rocky Mountain National Park.
Stream ecology--Saint Vrain Basin.--Saint Vrain Basin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index.

Contents:

The beaver meadow on North St. Vrain Creek -- January: Of rocks and ice -- February: About beavers -- March: Water superheroes -- April: Six degrees of connectivity -- May: Plugging the nutrient leaks -- June: The thin green line -- July: Of fish and frogs and flying things -- August: Legacy effects -- September: Alternate realities -- October: Of beavers and humans -- November: Beavers to the rescue -- December: Saving the dammed.

ISBN:

0190943521
9780190943523

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1073033679

LCCN:

2018052941

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)