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Playas of the Great Plains by Loren M Smith; De Gruyter is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Playas of the Great Plains about?

Winner, Wildlife Publications Award — Outstanding Book Category, The Wildlife Society, 2004 Texas Tech University President's Book Award, 2005 Shallow wetlands that occur primarily in semi-arid to arid environments, playas are keystone ecosystems in the western Great Plains of North America. Providing irreplaceable habitat for native plants and animals, including migratory birds, they are essential for the maintenance of biotic diversity throughout the region. Playas also serve to recharge the aquifer that supplies much of the water for the Plains states. At the same time, however, large-scale habitat changes have endangered playas across the Great Plains, making urgent the need to understand their ecology and implement effective conservation measures. This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of all that is currently known about Great Plains playa ecology and conservation. Loren Smith synthesizes his own extensive research with other published studies to define playas and characterize their origin, development, flora, fauna, structure, function, and diversity. He also thoroughly explores the human relationship with playas from prehistoric times, when they served as campsites fo

Who reads Playas of the Great Plains?

Author

Loren M Smith; De Gruyter

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292705340

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Biology, Science