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1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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From flying squirrels on high wooded plateaus to hanging gardens in redrock canyons, the Intermountain West is home to some of the world's rarest and most fascinating animals and plants. Creatures of Habitat details many unique but little-known talents of this region's strange and wonderful wild inhabitants and descibes their connections with native environments. For example, readers will learn about the pronghorn antelope's supercharged cardiovascular system, a brine shrimp-powered shorebird that each year flies nonstop from the Great Salt Lake to Central Argentina, and a rare mustard plant r. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Lessons from song dogs; Introduction: How well do you know your neighbors?; PART ONE-WHAT'S HAPPENING TO WILDLIFE?; 1. Animal life on the edge: Does it take a special breed?; 2. Endangered animal communities: The keystone concept; 3. Historic herds: Reintroducing native large animals into today's limited space; 4. Alpine plants and animals: Hardy inhabitants of Utah's high country; 5. Great Basin birds: Frequent flyers at Utah's busiest airport; PART TWO-WHAT'S HAPPENING TO WILD PLACES?; 6. Island syndrome extinctions; 7. Aliens have invaded! Weeds take over habitat. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Zoology -- Utah.
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Habitat (Ecology) -- Utah.
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Zoology -- Great Basin.
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Habitat (Ecology) -- Great Basin.
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Zoology.
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Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Habitat (Ecology) (OCoLC)fst00950038
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Zoology. (OCoLC)fst01184696
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United States -- Great Basin.
(OCoLC)fst01240539
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Utah. (OCoLC)fst01204563
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Tierökologie.
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Naturschutz.
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Wildtiere.
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Utah.
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Großes Becken.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hengesbaugh, Mark Gerard. Creatures of habitat. Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©2001 (DLC) 2001000415 |
| ISBN |
9780874214550 (electronic bk.) |
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0874214556 (electronic bk.) |
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9780874214178 |
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0874214173 (paperback) |
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