LEADER 00000cam 2200553Ii 4500 001 ocm44964308 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074918.9 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 000807s1989 iauabf ob s001 0 eng d 020 1587291622|q(electronic bk.) 020 9781587291623|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)44964308 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP |dMERUC|dSNM|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 043 n-us-ia|an-us-mo|an-us-nb 049 GTKE 050 4 QH105.I8|bM87 1989eb 082 04 508.777|220 100 1 Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer. 245 10 Fragile giants :|ba natural history of the Loess Hills / |cCornelia F. Mutel. 246 3 Loess Hills 250 1st ed. 264 1 Iowa City :|bUniversity of Iowa Press,|c1989. 300 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :|billustrations (some color), maps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 A Bur oak original 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index. 505 0 Natural History of the Loess Hills -- Introduction -- Ancient Landscapes and Communities : Earliest Times: Laying down the Ancient Bedrock ; The Ice Age -- 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 -- Physical Characteristics of Today's Loess Hills : Characteristics of Loess ; Shapes of the Loess ; Hidden within the Loess ; Soils ; Climate -- Natural Communities of the Loess Hills Today : Prairies ; Woodlands ; Rare Species and Special Features -- The Loess Hills of the Future : Preservation of Natural Areas ; Management of Natural Features ; Research Efforts in the Hills ; Education and Interpretation -- Epilogue: Taking a Broader View -- Touring the Loess Hills -- Introduction -- Public Use Areas and Educational Resources : Iowa ; Missouri ; Nebraska -- Northern Tour: Sioux City Area and North into Plymouth County -- Central Tour: DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to Loess Hills Wildlife Area -- Southern Tour: Southern Loess Hills in Iowa and Missouri and Southeastern Nebraska. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Natural history|zLoess Hills (Iowa and Mo.) 650 0 Natural history|zNebraska. 650 0 Ecology|zLoess Hills (Iowa and Mo.) 650 0 Ecology|zNebraska. 650 7 NATURE|xEssays.|2bisacsh 650 7 NATURE|xReference.|2bisacsh 650 7 TRAVEL|xSpecial Interest|xEcotourism.|2bisacsh 650 7 Ecology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901476 650 7 Natural history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01034268 651 7 Nebraska.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01208998 651 7 United States|zLoess Hills.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01311138 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMutel, Cornelia Fleischer.|tFragile giants.|b1st ed.|dIowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 1989|z0877452571|w(DLC) 89035497|w(OCoLC)19975878 830 0 Bur oak original. 914 ocm44964308 994 93|bGTK
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