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Reading the Florida Landscape [electronic resource].

Author
Norman, Robert
Published
Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (263 pages)
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Contents
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Reading the Florida Landscape -- Florida Ecosystems -- Disturbance -- Uplands -- Pine Flatwoods -- San Felasco Hammock State Preserve -- Scrub -- Sandhills -- Oscar Scherer State Park -- Coastal -- History of the Park -- Weedon Island Preserve -- Coral Reefs -- Freshwater -- Streams and Rivers -- Myakka River State Park -- History -- The Water -- Florida Springs -- Wetlands -- Forested Wetlands -- Lakes -- Karst -- On the Silver River -- History -- Tourism -- Turpentine -- Logging -- Steamboats -- Railroads -- Mining -- Cracker Cowboys, Historical Photographs -- Historical Documents -- Fire -- 2. Differential Diagnosis in Nature and Ecology -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Case 4 -- Case 5 -- Case 6 -- Case 7 -- Case 8 -- Case 9 -- Case 10 -- Case 11 -- Case 12 -- Case 13 -- Case 14 -- Case 15 -- Case 16 -- Case 17 -- Case 18 -- Case 19 -- Case 20 -- Case 21 -- Case 22 -- Case 23 -- Case 24 -- Case 25 -- Case 26 -- Case 27 -- Case 28 -- Case 29 -- Case 30 -- Case 31 -- Case 32 -- Case 33 -- Case 34 -- Case 35 -- 3. Two Trees -- Glossary of General Ecosystem Terms -- References -- General References -- Recommended Web Sites, and Part 1 -- Part 2
Summary
Reading the Florida Landscape offers all levels of nature enthusiasts an opportunity to improve their skills and increase their appreciation of Florida's wonderful outdoors. Great photographs and maps enhance the reading pleasure, and diverse and exciting narratives on Florida nature are included. Using interviews with conservation scientists and historical and current case studies, the book blends the skills and knowledge gained from the author's experiences as a physician and an advanced Florida Master Naturalist to discuss how to identify, or perhaps diagnose, actions and events that have i.
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ISBN
1527559122
9781527559127 (electronic bk.)
1527555402
9781527555402
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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