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Author Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer.

Title Mountain nature : a seasonal natural history of the Southern Appalachians / Jennifer Frick-Ruppert
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Series North Carolina history & culture anthology
North Carolina history & culture anthology
NC LIVE module
Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE DIVERSE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; 1 THE NATURE OF CYCLES; SIDEBARS; 2 CYCLES OF SPRING: MARCH, APRIL, MAY; 3 CYCLES OF SUMMER: JUNE, JULY, AUGUST; 4 CYCLES OF FALL: SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER; 5 CYCLES OF WINTER: DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY; APPENDIX: Federal Public Lands in the Southern Appalachians; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary The Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things--from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from brawny black bears to more species of salamander than anywhere else in the world. Mountain Nature is a lively and engaging account of the ecology of this remarkable region. It explores the animals and plants of the Southern Appalachians and the webs of interdependence that connect them. Within the region's roughly 35 million acres, extending from north Georgia through the Carolinas to northern Virgini
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Natural history -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Forest ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Mountain ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Animal ecology -- Appalachian Region, Southern
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Animal ecology
Forest ecology
Mountain ecology
Natural history
Southern Appalachian Region
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009039275
ISBN 9780807898260
0807898260