Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America: Revised Edition - Candace Savage

\n \nCandace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.\n \nPraise for the previous edition of Prairie: \nImpelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature.--Globe and Mail\n \nThis revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.\n \nIt also offers new information on: \n- conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds; \n- grassland loss and conservation; \n- the health of rivers and the water table; \n- the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands; \n- the benefits of regenerative agriculture. \n \nIllustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies.\n