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

• Autore: Crawford Robert L
• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.72759/88
• Soggetto topico: Conservation of natural resources - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.); Conservation of natural resources - Florida
• Soggetto geografico: Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) History; Leon County (Fla.) History
• Altri autori: BrueckheimerWilliam R RogersWilliam Warren <1929->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 burnings after every hunting season in order to clear out the thick brush to make it more appealing to the nesting birds. After the U.S. Forest Service outlawed the practice in the 1920's, condemning it as harmful for the forest and its wildlife,
• Titolo autorizzato: The legacy of a Red Hills hunting plantation
• ISBN: 0-8130-4250-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785746203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II