Author: Chris Helzer
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587299313
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and all those with a strong interest in grasslands, ecologist Chris Helzer’s readable and practical manual educates prairie owners and managers about grassland ecology and gives them guidelines for keeping prairies diverse, vigorous, and viable. Chapters in the first section, "Prairie Ecology," describe prairie plants and the communities they live in, the ways in which disturbance modifies plant communities, the animal and plant inhabitants that are key to prairie survival, and the importance of diversity within plant and animal communities. Chapters in the second section, "Prairie Management," explore the adaptive management process as well as guiding principles for designing management strategies, examples of successful management systems such as fire and grazing, guidance for dealing with birds and other species that have particular habitat requirements and with the invasive species that have become the most serious threat that prairie managers have to deal with, and general techniques for prairie restoration. Following the conclusion and a forward-thinking note on climate change, eight appendixes provide more information on grazing, prescribed fire, and invasive species as well as bibliographic notes, references, and national and state organizations with expertise in prairie management. Grasslands can be found throughout much of North America, and the ideas and strategies in this book apply to most of them, particularly tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Missouri, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and southwestern Minnesota. By presenting all the factors that promote biological diversity and thus enhance prairie communities, then incorporating these factors into a set of clear-sighted management practices, The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States presents the tools necessary to ensure that grasslands are managed in the purposeful ways essential to the continued health and survival of prairie communities.
The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States
Author: Chris Helzer
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587299313
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and all those with a strong interest in grasslands, ecologist Chris Helzer’s readable and practical manual educates prairie owners and managers about grassland ecology and gives them guidelines for keeping prairies diverse, vigorous, and viable. Chapters in the first section, "Prairie Ecology," describe prairie plants and the communities they live in, the ways in which disturbance modifies plant communities, the animal and plant inhabitants that are key to prairie survival, and the importance of diversity within plant and animal communities. Chapters in the second section, "Prairie Management," explore the adaptive management process as well as guiding principles for designing management strategies, examples of successful management systems such as fire and grazing, guidance for dealing with birds and other species that have particular habitat requirements and with the invasive species that have become the most serious threat that prairie managers have to deal with, and general techniques for prairie restoration. Following the conclusion and a forward-thinking note on climate change, eight appendixes provide more information on grazing, prescribed fire, and invasive species as well as bibliographic notes, references, and national and state organizations with expertise in prairie management. Grasslands can be found throughout much of North America, and the ideas and strategies in this book apply to most of them, particularly tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Missouri, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and southwestern Minnesota. By presenting all the factors that promote biological diversity and thus enhance prairie communities, then incorporating these factors into a set of clear-sighted management practices, The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States presents the tools necessary to ensure that grasslands are managed in the purposeful ways essential to the continued health and survival of prairie communities.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587299313
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and all those with a strong interest in grasslands, ecologist Chris Helzer’s readable and practical manual educates prairie owners and managers about grassland ecology and gives them guidelines for keeping prairies diverse, vigorous, and viable. Chapters in the first section, "Prairie Ecology," describe prairie plants and the communities they live in, the ways in which disturbance modifies plant communities, the animal and plant inhabitants that are key to prairie survival, and the importance of diversity within plant and animal communities. Chapters in the second section, "Prairie Management," explore the adaptive management process as well as guiding principles for designing management strategies, examples of successful management systems such as fire and grazing, guidance for dealing with birds and other species that have particular habitat requirements and with the invasive species that have become the most serious threat that prairie managers have to deal with, and general techniques for prairie restoration. Following the conclusion and a forward-thinking note on climate change, eight appendixes provide more information on grazing, prescribed fire, and invasive species as well as bibliographic notes, references, and national and state organizations with expertise in prairie management. Grasslands can be found throughout much of North America, and the ideas and strategies in this book apply to most of them, particularly tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Missouri, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and southwestern Minnesota. By presenting all the factors that promote biological diversity and thus enhance prairie communities, then incorporating these factors into a set of clear-sighted management practices, The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States presents the tools necessary to ensure that grasslands are managed in the purposeful ways essential to the continued health and survival of prairie communities.
Annual Report - Central States Forest Experiment Station
Author: Central States Forest Experiment Station (Columbus, Ohio)
Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Report of the Central States Forest Experiment Station
Author: Central States Forest Experiment Station (Columbus, Ohio)
Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Ground Water Pollution in the South Central States
Author: M. R. Scalf
Publisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Heritage Currency Auctions, Central States 2005 Omara Catalog #374
Author: Ivy Press
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 1932899642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 1932899642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Dutchak V. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
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Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Oversight of Labor Department's Investigation of Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher:
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Category : Pension trusts
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Pension trusts
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Review of Progress on Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund Reform
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Holderness v. Central States Finance Corporation, 241 MICH 604 (1928)
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
94
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
94
Central States Numismatic Society Spring Convention Auction Catalog
Author: Ivy Press
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781932899030
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781932899030
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description