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Author Smith, Loren M

Title Playas of the Great Plains / Loren M. Smith
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 3
Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 3.
Contents List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- PLAYAS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT -- Chapter 1: What Is a Playa? -- Chapter 2: Origin and Development -- ECOSYSTEM ASPECTS -- Chapter 3: Flora -- Chapter 4: Fauna -- Chapter 5: Structure, Function, and Diversity -- CONSERVATION ASPECTS -- Chapter 6: Historical, Cultural, and Current Societal Value of Playas -- Chapter 7: Threats to Proper Function of Playas -- Chapter 8: Conservation Past, Present, and Future -- Appendix -- References -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-245) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Wetland ecology -- High Plains (U.S.)
Playas -- High Plains (U.S.)
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Playas.
Wetland ecology.
Ökologie
Playa
Feuchtgebiet
United States -- High Plains.
Great Plains
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0292798849
9780292798847