02931oam 22006614a 450 991078095370332120230725041535.01-4571-1079-21-60732-007-X(CKB)2520000000008317(EBL)710192(OCoLC)865329515(SSID)ssj0000339378(PQKBManifestationID)11274394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339378(PQKBWorkID)10323756(PQKB)10830137(MiAaPQ)EBC3039714(Au-PeEL)EBL3039714(CaPaEBR)ebr10356778(CaONFJC)MIL913702(OCoLC)558842689(MdBmJHUP)musev2_85356(EXLCZ)99252000000000831720131214d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIsland of GrassSebastopol :University Press of Colorado,2011.©2011.1 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87081-963-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1: The Sea of Grass; 2: Islands and Archipelagos; 3: Grassroots; 4: Life Among the Leaves of Grass; 5: Keystone of the Shortgrass Prairie; 6: Hunters of the Grasslands; 7: On the Prairie Winds; Bibliography; Glossary of common and scientific names of animals and plants described in the text; Index.Island of Grass tells the story of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area, a 240-acre preserve surrounded by housing developments in Fort Collins, Colorado. This small grassland is a remnant of the once-vast prairies of the West that early European explorers and settlers described as seas of grass. Agricultural land use and urban expansion during the past two centuries have fragmented and altered these prairies. All that remains today are small islands. These remnants cannot support some of the larger animals that once roamed the prairie, but they continue to support a diverse array of plant.Prairie ecologyfast(OCoLC)fst01074601Natural historyfast(OCoLC)fst01034268Prairie ecologyColoradoFort Collins RegionbisacshNatural historyColoradoFort Collins RegionPrairie ecologyFort Collins RegionColoradoColoradoFort Collins RegionfastPrairie ecology.Natural history.Prairie ecologyFort Collins Region.Natural historyPrairie ecology577.4/40978868Wohl Ellen E1507762MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910780953703321Island of Grass3738721UNINA