In concise, readable prose, "From Grassland to Glacier" guides the nature lover through the natural world of the Southern Rocky Mountains—from the hot, dry plains and plateaus, through the moist forests of pine and spruce, to the windswept tundra above the trees. Self-guided tours and easy-to-use keys simplify the identification of natural communities through personal experience. The standard work in the field for years, "From Grassland to Glacier" has been completely revised to take advantage of scientific advances. It includes an entirely new section on the wetlands ecosystem and has been expanded to include portions of the Southern Rockies in the surrounding states of Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
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Cornelia Fleischer Mutel is currently a scientific historian at the University of Iowa. John C. Emerick is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Ecology at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
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Great summary of Colorado Life Zones,
This review is from: From Grassland to Glacier: The Natural History of Colorado and the Surrounding Region (Paperback)
"From Grassland to Glacier" provides a compact description of all of the Colorado life zones. The book starts with a succint explication of the environmental factors that control faunal distributions in Colorado.
Each life zone is described emphasizing the dominant plants, animals, environmental factors and locations within the state. The book is handy to have for field biologists and for people teaching field classes in the Rocky Mountains.
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The Great Plains roll westward for hundreds of miles across the central United States, ending abruptly at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rufus chipmunk, mahogany ecosystems, dorsatum shrew, latrans deer, semidesert shrublands, successional meadows, aspen ecosystems, sagebrush shrublands, montane shrublands, shrub ecosystems, riparian ecosystems, sagebrush ecosystems, fir ecosystems, ponderosa pine ecosystems, local site characteristics, narrowleaf cottonwood, alpine avens, meadow ecosystems, corkbark fir, bog birch, northern pocket gophers, shrubby willows, climax ecosystems, blue grama, plains cottonwood Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocky Mountain, Great Basin, New Mexico, Colorado Plateau, Continental Divide, Front Range, Great Plains, San Luis Valley, United States, South Platte, Arkansas River, Nuttall's Sylvilagus, Perry Conway, North America, Junegrass Koeleria, Steller's Cyanocitta, Cassin's Carpodacus, Colorado Highway, National Park Service, North Park, South Park, Stephen Jones, American Turdus, Clark's Nucifraga, Cooper's Accipiter New!
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The Great Plains roll westward for hundreds of miles across the central United States, ending abruptly at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rufus chipmunk, mahogany ecosystems, dorsatum shrew, latrans deer, semidesert shrublands, successional meadows, aspen ecosystems, sagebrush shrublands, montane shrublands, shrub ecosystems, riparian ecosystems, sagebrush ecosystems, fir ecosystems, ponderosa pine ecosystems, local site characteristics, narrowleaf cottonwood, alpine avens, meadow ecosystems, corkbark fir, bog birch, northern pocket gophers, shrubby willows, climax ecosystems, blue grama, plains cottonwood Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocky Mountain, Great Basin, New Mexico, Colorado Plateau, Continental Divide, Front Range, Great Plains, San Luis Valley, United States, South Platte, Arkansas River, Nuttall's Sylvilagus, Perry Conway, North America, Junegrass Koeleria, Steller's Cyanocitta, Cassin's Carpodacus, Colorado Highway, National Park Service, North Park, South Park, Stephen Jones, American Turdus, Clark's Nucifraga, Cooper's Accipiter New!
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- The Rocky Mountains (World's Wild Places) by Bryce S. Walker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- North American Trees: National Aud Society (National Audubon Society Collection Series) by Barbara Burn in Back Matter
- Rocky Mountain Mammals by David Michael Armstrong in Back Matter
- North American Trees by Richard J. Preston Jr. in Back Matter
- An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Streams Insects of Colorado, Second Edition by James V. Ward in Back Matter
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- Song of the Alpine: The Rocky Mountain Tundra Through the Seasons by Joyce Gellhorn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Southern Rockies Wildlands Network Vision: A Science-Based Approach to Rewilding the Southern Rockies by Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project in Back Matter
- Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands: A Guide for Hikers, Cross-Country Skiers, & Mountain Bikers by Hiram Rogers in Back Matter
- Wolves: A Wildlife Handbook (Johnson Nature) by Kim Long in Back Matter
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