Nature's Champion B. W. Wells, Tar Heel Ecologist / James R. Troyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Troyer, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecologists--North Carolina--Biography.

Ecologists.

Botanists--North Carolina--Biography.

Botanists.

Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the pioneering efforts of ecologist B. W. Wells (1884-1978), thousands of North Carolinians learned to appreciate and protect the state's diverse plant life long before ecology and conservation became popular causes. A keen observer of the natural landscape, Wells provided the first scientific descriptions in modern terms of the forces that shaped coastal communities, bogs and savannahs, the Carolina bays, pine forests, old fields, and mountain grassy balds. But the broader impact of his life lay in his championship and popularization of nature. Outside academic circles,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part 1. Scientist; 1. Ecological Awakening; 2. Pioneer Ecologist; 3. Complete Botanist; Part 2. Champion of Nature; 4. Conservationist; 5. Voice for Nature; 6. Popular Pen; 7. Natural Gardens; 8. Natural Gardens Revisited; Part 3. Academician; 9. Professor and Head; 10. Teacher; 11. Defender of Truth; Part 4. Private Person; 12. Early Years, 1884-1919; 13. Raleigh Years, 1919-1954; 14. Retirement Years, 1954-1978; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; I. Unpublished Sources; II. Published Writings of B. W. Wells; III. Other Published Sources; Index; A; B

CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"Publication of this book was aided by a subvention from the Department of Botany at North Carolina State University"--T.p. verso.

Frontispiece: B. W. Wells in about 1940.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231] and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908672-1-6

979-88-9313-083-6

1-4696-1643-2

1-4696-1121-X

OCLC:

864900077