Southern wonder : Alabama's surprising biodiversity / R. Scot Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, R. Scot, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity--Alabama.

Biodiversity.

Ecology--Alabama.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Southern Wonder explores Alabama's amazing biological diversity, the reasons for the large number of species in the state, and the importance of their preservation.Alabama ranks fifth in the nation in number of species of plants and animals found in the state, surpassed only by the much larger western states of California,Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. When all the species of birds, trees, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, wildflowers, dragonflies, tiger beetles, and ants are tallied, Alabama harbors more species than 90 percent of the other states in the United Sta

Contents:

Number one in the East

A tale of two mice

Anomalous Alabama

Alabama rocks

Biodiversity through deep time

Speciation southern-style

The aquatic state

Southern coastal plain

Southeastern plains

Ridge and valley

Southwestern Appalachians

Piedmont

Interior plateau

Gulf of Mexico

The future of Alabama's biodiversity.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8681-5

OCLC:

869096303