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Fragile giants : a natural history of the Loess Hills / Cornelia F. Mutel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer, author.
- Series:
- Bur Oak Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Loess Hills (Iowa and Mo.).
- Natural history.
- Natural history--Nebraska.
- Ecology--Loess Hills (Iowa and Mo.).
- Ecology.
- Ecology--Nebraska.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, [1989]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Loess Hills lie in a narrow band just east of the Missouri River and define most of the western boundary of Iowa. This is the natural history of these hills of wind-deposited silt.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Natural History of the Loess Hills; 1. Introduction; 2. Ancient Landscapes and Communities; Earliest Times: Laying down the Ancient Bedrock; The Ice Age; 3. Humans Come to the Hills; Human Cultures of the Loess Hills; Natural Changes in Holocene Native Communities, Climate, and Landforms; Effects of Euro-American Settlement on the Natural Landscape; 4. Physical Characteristics of Today's Loess Hills; Characteristics of Loess; Shapes of the Loess; Hidden within the Loess; Soils; Climate; 5. Natural Communities of the Loess Hills Today; Prairies; Woodlands
- Rare Species and Special Features6. The Loess Hills of the Future; Preservation of Natural Areas; Management of Natural Features; Research Efforts in the Hills; Education and Interpretation; 7. Epiloge: Taking a Broader View; Part II: Touring the Loess Hills; 8. Introduction; 9. Public Use Areas and Educational Resources; Iowa; Missouri; Nebraska; 10. Northern Tour: Sioux City Area and North into Plymouth County; 11. Central Tour: DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to Loess Hills Wildlife Area; 12 Southern Tour: Southern Loess Hills in Iowa and Missouri and Southeastern Nebraska
- Further Reading and Other ResourcesChapter Bibliographies; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587291623
- 1587291622
- OCLC:
- 44964308
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