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050 0 0 _aQH541.5.B63
_bS77 2021
100 1 _aStruzik, Edward,
_d1954-
_eauthor.
_982312
245 1 0 _aSwamplands :
_btundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat /
_cEdward Struzik.
246 3 0 _aTundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat
246 3 _aSwamp lands
264 1 _aWashington, DC :
_bIsland Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
300 _axiii, 297 pages :
_billustrations, 1 map ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.
505 0 0 _gPreface --
_gIntroduction --
_tThe Great Dismal Swamp --
_tCentral Park --
_tPeat and endangered species --
_tTropical peat --
_tAsh meadows, ancient bogs, and desert fens --
_tSasquatches of the swamps --
_tPeat and reptiles --
_tMountain peat --
_tRing of fire : the Hudson Bay lowlands --
_tPingos, polygons, and frozen peat --
_tTundra beavers, saltwater trout, and barren-ground grizzly bears --
_tPortals to the Otherworld --
_t"Growing peat" --
_gConclusion --
_gNotes --
_gAcknowledgments --
_gIndex --
_gAbout the author.
520 _a"In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, and function as critical carbon sinks for addressing our climate crisis. Yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded to make way for oilsands, mines, farms, and electricity.... Swamplands highlights the unappreciated struggle being waged to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It urges us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places­. Our planet's survival might depend on it"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aBog ecology.
_982313
650 0 _aPeatland ecology.
_982314
650 0 _aSwamp ecology.
_982315
856 4 2 _uhttps://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/book/swamplands-tundra-beavers-quaking-bogs-and-the-improbable-world-of-peat/
_yMiller Library review
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