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(More customer reviews)This is the definitive guide to Southern Appalachian ecology.
The book is kind of a hybrid between popular science (on ecology) and field guide. It is divided into four sections -- one for each season, and the author describes in detail the animals and plants that are most often observed in each season. The books is also furnished with some pretty good photographs to help the reader identify these animals and plants. I only wish more animals and plants (especially the latter) were documented and more photographs were included; however, I understand that could increase the volume and price of the book to impractical levels. As is, it is a keeper on my shelf that I can consult with every now and then, probably especially before and after my hiking trips.
If I could complain about one thing, it is the author's liberal use of exclamation marks -- many a paragraph ends with one! (I am borrowing one here too :-)). But this is rather minor and more like a humorous silliness than an annoyance.
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The Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things--from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from brawny black bears to more species of salamander than anywhere else in the world. Mountain Nature is a lively and engaging account of the ecology of this remarkable region. It explores the animals and plants of the Southern Appalachians and the webs of interdependence that connect them.Within the region's roughly 35 million acres, extending from north Georgia through the Carolinas to northern Virginia, exists a mosaic of habitats, each fostering its own unique natural community. Stories of the animals and plants of the Southern Appalachians are intertwined with descriptions of the seasons, giving readers a glimpse into the interlinked rhythms of nature, from daily and yearly cycles to long-term geological changes. Residents and visitors to Great Smoky Mountains or Shenandoah National Parks, the Blue Ridge Parkway, or any of the national forests or other natural attractions within the region will welcome this appealing introduction to its ecological wonders.
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