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Autore |
Crawford Robert L |
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Titolo |
The legacy of a Red Hills hunting plantation [[electronic resource] ] : Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy / / Robert L. Crawford and William R. Brueckheimer ; with editorial contributions by William Warren Rogers |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BrueckheimerWilliam R |
RogersWilliam Warren <1929-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conservation of natural resources - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) |
Conservation of natural resources - Florida |
Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) History |
Leon County (Fla.) History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I: Tall Timbers: the plantation era -- 1. The Red Hills: from cotton to quail -- 2. The Beadels in the Red Hills -- 3. Herbert L. Stoddard and the Komareks -- 4. WCTV, the spark -- 5. The founding -- Part II; Ecological research and outreach -- 6. Classic and early long-term studies -- 7. Spreading the word -- 8. Invertebrate studies -- 9. Vertebrate studies -- 10. The red-cockaded woodpecker -- 11. Game bird research: the modern era -- 12. The Wade tract -- 13. Plant communities, fire, and land management -- Part III: Evolving the institution -- 14. Tall Timbers Land Conservancy: from association to accreditation -- 15. The present-day organization and its evolution -- 16. The next half-century -- Part IV: Real estate and resources -- 17. Holdings and intellectual resources. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Red Hills region is an idyllic setting filled with long leaf pines that stretches from Tallahassee, Florida, to Thomasville, Georgia. At its heart lies Tall Timbers, a former hunting plantation. In 1919, sportsman Henry L. Beadel purchased the Red Hills plantation to be used for quail hunting. As was the tradition, he conducted prescribed |
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