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Hollows, peepers, and highlanders : an Appalachian Mountain ecology / by George Constantz.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Constantz, George, 1947-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Natural history--Appalachian Region.
Natural history.
Forest animals--Adaptation--Appalachian Region.
Forest animals.
Forest plants--Adaptation--Appalachian Region.
Forest plants.
Forest ecology--Appalachian Region.
Forest ecology.
Appalachian Region.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (370 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Other Title:
Hollows, peepers & highlanders
Place of Publication:
Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In this revised and expanded edition of Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders , author George Constantz, a biologist and naturalist, writes about the beauty and nature of the Appalachian landscape.
Contents:
Front Cover
Contents
Thanks
Prologue
Stage and Theater
Origins
Forest Design
Creating Diversity
Catastrophe and the Appalachian Quilt
Balds
The Asian Connection
The Players
The Improbable Lady's-slipper
Sexual Decisions of Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Nuptial Gift of the Hangingfly
Femmes Fatales of Twilight
Small Fishes in Shallow Headwaters
Darter Daddies
To the Brook Trout, with Esteem
A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Primer
A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Coexistence
A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Mimicry
Love Among the Frogs
Box Turtle's Independence
Copperhead's Year
Oaks and Squirrels
Highlanders
Seasonal Acts
Autumn Leaves
Window on Bird Politics
Thwarting Swords of Ice
Spring Tensions
Dawn Chorus
Trees and Caterpillars
Epilogue
The Remnant Archipelago
Abuse, Resurrection, Hope
Actors
Plants
Animals
Jargon
Sources
Sexual Decisions of Jack-in-the-pulpit
A Lungless Salamander Trilogy
Index
About George Constantz
Back Cover.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-342) and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-935978-02-0
OCLC:
794702221

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