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ISBN: PB: 9780300185928

Yale University Press

December 2014

416 pp.

25.4x17.8 cm

168 colour images, 77 black&white illus.

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Mountains and Plains

The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes

Many changes – some discouraging, others hopeful – have occurred in the Rocky Mountain region since the first edition of this widely acclaimed book was published. Wildlife habitat has become more fragmented, once-abundant sage grouse are now scarce, and forest fires occur more frequently, while wolves have been successfully reintroduced and new approaches to conservation have been adopted. For this updated and expanded Second Edition, the authors provide a highly readable synthesis of research undertaken in the past two decades and address two important questions: How can ecosystems be used so that future generations benefit from them as we have? How can we anticipate and adapt to climate changes while conserving biological diversity?

About the Author

Dennis H. Knight is professor emeritus, Department of Botany.

George P. Jones is associate director and vegetation ecologist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database.

William A. Reiners is J. E. Warren Professor of Energy and Environment, all at the University of Wyoming.

William H. Romme is professor emeritus and research scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University.

Reviews

"This book is useful to a relatively broad audience, from undergraduate students to advanced researchers. There is enough detail and literature citations to provide an excellent introduction to most of the landscapes of the Rocky Mountain region. The book would be very appealing for field courses in ecology and conservation biology using this region as a classroom... An important resource for students of Rocky Mountain ecology. It provides a synthetic approach to understanding the ecology and wise land use management of one of North America's greatest natural regions" – William D. Bowman, "Ecology"