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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778397203321

Titolo

The patterned peatlands of Minnesota [[electronic resource] /] / H.E. Wright, Jr., Barbara A. Coffin, and Norman E. Aaseng, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1992

ISBN

0-8166-8366-2

1-4356-0557-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WrightH. E., Jr. <1917-2015.> (Herbert Edgar)

CoffinBarbara

AasengNorman E

Disciplina

574.5/26325

Soggetti

Peatland ecology - Minnesota

Peatlands - Minnesota

Human ecology - Minnesota

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Glossary""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Vegetation""; ""1. Peat Landforms""; ""2. Vegetation and Water Chemistry""; ""3. Ecological Development of Patterned Peatlands""; ""Color plates""; ""4. Bryophytes""; ""5. Rare Vascular Plants""; ""Part II. Fauna""; ""6. Large Mammals""; ""7. Small Mammals""; ""8. Bird Populations""; ""9. Amphibians and Reptiles""; ""Part III. Hydrology""; ""10. Surface Hydrology""; ""11. Groundwater Hydrology""; ""12. Impact of Ditching and Road Construction on Red Lake Peatland""

""Part IV. Two Studies of Ecological Development""""13. Development of a Raised-Bog Complex""; ""14. The Myrtle Lake Peatland""; ""Part V. Human Influences""; ""15. The Archaeological and Ethnohistoric Evidence for Prehistoric Occupation""; ""16. The Red Lake Ojibwe""; ""17. Ditching of Red Lake Peatland During the Homestead Era""; ""18. Management of Minnesota's Peatlands and Their Economic Uses""; ""19. Peatland Protection""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""

""V""""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""