Hollows, peepers, and highlanders : an Appalachian Mountain ecology / / by George Constantz

• Autore: Constantz George <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Morgantown, : West Virginia University Press, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 508.74
• Soggetto topico: Natural history - Appalachian Region; Forest animals - Adaptation - Appalachian Region; Forest plants - Adaptation - Appalachian Region; Forest ecology - Appalachian Region
• Soggetto geografico: Appalachian Region
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-342) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Contents -- Thanks -- Prologue -- Stage and Theater -- Origins -- Forest Design -- Creating Diversity -- Catastrophe and the Appalachian Quilt -- Balds -- The Asian Connection -- The Players -- The Improbable Lady's-slipper -- Sexual Decisions of Jack-in-the-Pulpit -- Nuptial Gift of the Hangingfly -- Femmes Fatales of Twilight -- Small Fishes in Shallow Headwaters -- Darter Daddies -- To the Brook Trout, with Esteem -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Primer -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Coexistence -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy: Mimicry -- Love Among the Frogs -- Box Turtle's Independence -- Copperhead's Year -- Oaks and Squirrels -- Highlanders -- Seasonal Acts -- Autumn Leaves -- Window on Bird Politics -- Thwarting Swords of Ice -- Spring Tensions -- Dawn Chorus -- Trees and Caterpillars -- Epilogue -- The Remnant Archipelago -- Abuse, Resurrection, Hope -- Actors -- Plants -- Animals -- Jargon -- Sources -- Prologue -- Origins -- Forest Design -- Creating Diversity -- Catastrophe and the Appalachian Quilt -- The Asian Connection -- The Improbable Lady's-slipper -- Sexual Decisions of Jack-in-the-pulpit -- Nuptial Gift of the Hangingfly -- Femmes Fatales of Twilight -- Small Fishes in Shallow Headwaters -- Darter Daddies -- To the Brook Trout, with Esteem -- A Lungless Salamander Trilogy -- Love Among the Frogs -- Box Turtle's Independence -- Copperhead's Year -- Oaks and Squirrels -- Highlanders -- Autumn Leaves -- Window on Bird Politics -- Thwarting Swords of Ice -- Spring Tensions -- Dawn Chorus -- Trees and Caterpillars -- The Remnant Archipelago -- Abuse, Resurrection, Hope -- Index -- About George Constantz -- Back Cover.
• Altri titoli varianti: Hollows, peepers & highlanders
• Titolo autorizzato: Hollows, peepers, and highlanders
• ISBN: 1-935978-02-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816709903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II