The prairie peninsula /
"The prairie grassland biome covers the heartland of North America with an eastward extension called the Prairie Peninsula. Primarily composed of tallgrass prairie, this biome lies between the shortgrass prairies of the west and the eastern deciduous forest region and includes the states of Ill...
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Kent, Ohio :
The Kent State University Press,
2017
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "The prairie grassland biome covers the heartland of North America with an eastward extension called the Prairie Peninsula. Primarily composed of tallgrass prairie, this biome lies between the shortgrass prairies of the west and the eastern deciduous forest region and includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, southeastern Wisconsin, and Ohio. With text by coauthors Gary Meszaros and Guy L. Denny and striking photographs by Meszaros, The Prairie Peninsula examines the many prairie types, floristic composition, and animals that are part of this ecosystem. It took only 50 years for 150 million acres of tallgrass prairie to disappear under the steel plow, transforming the Prairie Peninsula into fields of corn and wheat. Today, only a few thousand acres of this endangered ecosystem remain in small parcels, some just a few acres each. The second half of the 19th century brought the mass slaughter of prairie wildlife. By 1900, like the prairie they roamed, the plains bison, gray wolf, and eastern elk became extirpated east of the Mississippi River"--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-120) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781631012822 1631012827 9781631012839 1631012835 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2017). |
