Forest Prairie Edge

Author : Merle Massie
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887554544

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Forest Prairie Edge by Merle Massie Pdf

Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the Saskatchewan identity to its southern prairie denominator and has distorted cultural and historical interpretations to favor the prairie south. Forest Prairie Edge is a deep-time investigation of the edge land, or ecotone, between the open prairies and boreal forest region of Saskatchewan. Ecotones are transitions from one landscape to another, where social, economic, and cultural practices of different landscapes are blended. Using place history and edge theory, Massie considers the role and importance of the edge ecotone in building a diverse social and economic past that contradicts traditional “prairie” narratives around settlement, economic development, and culture. She offers a refreshing new perspective that overturns long-held assumptions of the prairies and the Canadian west.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nature trails
ISBN : MINN:31951D023688317

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Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556040924060

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Black Hills National Forest (N.F.), Nautilus Project by Anonim Pdf

Author : Conor Kerr
Publisher : Strange Light
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771003585

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Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr Pdf

The Giller Prize-longlisted author of Avenue of Champions returns with a frenetic, propulsive crime thriller that doubles as a sharp critique of modern activism and challenges readers to consider what “Land Back” might really look like. Meet Isidore “Ezzy” Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Métis cousins making the most of Grey’s uncle’s old trailer, passing their days playing endless games of cribbage and cracking cans of cheap beer in between. Grey, once a passionate advocate for change, has been hardened and turned cynical by an activist culture she thinks has turned performative and lazy. One night, though, she has a revelation, and enlists Ezzy, who is hopelessly devoted to her but eager to avoid the authorities after a life in and out of the group home system and jail, for a bold yet dangerous political mission: capture a herd of bison from a national park and set them free in downtown Edmonton, disrupting the churn of settler routine. But as Grey becomes increasingly single-minded in her newfound calling, their act of protest puts the pair and those close to them in peril, with devastating and sometimes fatal consequences. For readers drawn to the electric storytelling of Morgan Talty and the taut register of Stephen Graham Jones, Conor Kerr’s Prairie Edge is at once a gripping, darkly funny caper and a raw reckoning with the wounds that persist across generations.

Author : David Francis Costello
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816609383

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The Prairie World by David Francis Costello Pdf

Reveals the grassland's history, climate, landscape, ever-changing moods, and survival battles waged by plant and animal inhabitants

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Botany
ISBN : UCD:31175016666573

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American Journal of Botany by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lee E. Frelich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139439336

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Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes by Lee E. Frelich Pdf

Temperate-zone forests are being shaped continuously by wind, fire and grazing. This book considers these disturbances and consequent issues such as recovery from disturbance, the changing composition of tree species within the forest and the formation of mosaics of different forest types across the landscape.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Forest management
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112083881

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Ecology and Management of Larix Forests by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556038316758

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Black Hills National Forest (N.F.), Telegraph Project Area, Lawrence and Pennington Counties by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael R. Conover
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420009125

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Predator-Prey Dynamics by Michael R. Conover Pdf

Humans, being visually oriented, are well versed in camouflage and how animals hide from predators that use vision to locate prey. However, many predators do not hunt by sight; they hunt by scent. This raises the question: do survival mechanisms and behaviors exist which allow animals to hide from these olfactory predators? If so, what are they, and how do they work? Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction examines environmental as well as biological and behavioral elements of both predators and prey to answer gaps in our current knowledge of the survival dynamics of species. Beginning with a thorough look at the mechanics of olfaction, the author explains how predators detect, locate, and track their prey using odor trails on the ground or odor plumes in the air. Understanding the physics of airflow is the next step to understanding the potential for manipulating and masking scent. While a bush may conceal an animal visually from a predator, it will not protect an animal from a predator using olfaction. To hide from the latter, an animal needs to hide in locations where turbulence and updrafts will disperse its scent. The book addresses tradeoffs that animals must make given their dual needs to hide from predators and to procure food and water. Studies of mammalian and avian behavior provide examples on the actual use and efficacy of olfactory camouflage tactics. The book concludes with a redefinition of ecological terms based on the physics of airflow and a summary of the theory and implications of olfactory predator--prey dynamics. Introducing the mechanics of olfaction and its influence on the behavior of both predators and prey, Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction presents a new perception of the world and enables us to understand and more effectively manage the delicate survival dynamics of animals in the wild.

Author : Richard W. Yerkes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226951515

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Prehistoric Life on the Mississippi Floodplain by Richard W. Yerkes Pdf

At the confluence of the Illinois, the Missouri, and the Mississippi Rivers lies the "American Bottom," a broad floodplain that prehistoric peoples inhabited for millennia. Precisely how did they live? What were their ties to the natural world around them? In this study, based upon some six years of intensive archeological and geological research at Labras Lake in St. Clair County, Illinois, Richard W. Yerkes interprets a wealth of important new data in a stimulating and original fashion. With a fine-tuned control of the data, Yerkes challenges prevailing theories based on simple classifications of stone tools according to shape or on simple models of diffuse and focal economies. He views environment as a dynamic factor in economic and cultural life, rather than as merely a backdrop to it. Using incident light microscopy, he examines wear patterns on stone tools to determine what activities were performed during each period the site was inhabited—the Late Archaic, the Late Woodland, and the Mississippian. As he documents environmental change at Labras Lake, he analyzes plant and animal remains in context to explore diet and seasonal patterns of subsistence and settlement. The result is a more accurate and detailed picture than ever before what prehistoric life on the Mississippi floodplain was like. Yerkes shows how to assess the duration and size of occupations and how to determine where and when true permanent settlements arose. What others call "sedentary encampments" he reveals as sequences of small residental occupations for a narrow range of activities during shorter, seasonal periods. His contribution to the study of the development of sedentism is potentially far-reaching and will interest many North American anthropologists and archeologists.

Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521428378

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Americans and Their Forests by Michael Williams Pdf

Dr Williams begins by exploring the role of the forest in American culture: the symbols, themes, and concepts - for example, pioneer woodsman, lumberjack, wilderness - generated by contact with the vast land of trees. He considers the Indian use of the forest, describing the ways in which native tribes altered it, primarily through fire, to promote a subsistence economy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556033424268

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Central and Southern Florida Project, Water Preserve Areas, Broward and Miami-Dade Countries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802066488

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The Canadian Prairies by Gerald Friesen Pdf

A history of the Canadian prairie provinces from the days of Native-European contact to the 1980s.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030824957

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Black Hills National Forest (N.F.), Proposed Revised Land and Resource(s) Management Plan (LRMP) (SD,WY) by Anonim Pdf