Prairie

Prairie Synopsis

Praise for the previous edition of Prairie: "e;Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."e;-Globe and Mail Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated. This revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape. It also offers new information on:

• * conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds
• * grassland loss and conservation
• * the health of rivers and the water table
• * the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands
• * the benefits of regenerative agriculture. Illustrated 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