Creatures of habitat : the changing nature of wildlife and wild places in Utah and the intermountain West /
From flying squirrels on high wooded plateaus to hanging gardens in redrock canyons, the Intermountain West is home to some of the world's rarest and most fascinating animals and plants. Creatures of Habitat details many unique but little-known talents of this region's strange and wonderfu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, UT :
Utah State University Press,
[2001]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | From flying squirrels on high wooded plateaus to hanging gardens in redrock canyons, the Intermountain West is home to some of the world's rarest and most fascinating animals and plants. Creatures of Habitat details many unique but little-known talents of this region's strange and wonderful wild inhabitants and descibes their connections with native environments. For example, readers will learn about the pronghorn antelope's supercharged cardiovascular system, a brine shrimp-powered shorebird that each year flies nonstop from the Great Salt Lake to Central Argentina, and a rare mustard plant r. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 9780874214550 0874214556 |