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OverviewPart autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces the evolutionary, historical, and cultural forces that have reshaped North American rangelands over the past two centuries. He introduces an intriguing cast of characters-wildlife and grasslands biologists, archaeologists, ranchers, and petroleum geologists-to illuminate a wide range of related topics: our love affair with turf and how it manifests in lawns and sports, the ecological and economic dimensions of ranching, the glory of cowboy culture, grasslands and restoration ecology, and more. His book ultimately provides the background against which we can envision a new paradigm for restoring rangeland ecosystems-and a new paradigm for envisioning a more sustainable future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joe C. Truett , Harry W. GreenePublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 11 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520258396ISBN 10: 0520258398 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 03 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsRecommended. --Choice Can be read with ease and interest. --Environment And Ecology Impassioned, informative, and entertaining. --Conservation Magazine Recommended. Choice Can be read with ease and interest. Environment And Ecology Impassioned, informative, and entertaining. Conservation Magazine Nonjudgmental, questioning, provocative, and written with an appreciation of human's increasing dominance of our finite home planet. Qtly Review Of Biology Author InformationJoe C. Truett is senior biologist with the Turner Endangered Species Fund. He is the author of Land of Bears and Honey: A Natural History of East Texas and Circling Back: Chronicle of a Texas River Valley, and coeditor of The Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field: Development and the Biota. He lives in New Mexico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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