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" Prairie dog empire : "
Paul A. Johnsgard.
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BL
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702182
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b524371
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| Main Entry
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Johnsgard, Paul A.
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| Title & Author
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Prairie dog empire : : a saga of the shortgrass prairie /\ Paul A. Johnsgard.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, c2005.
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243 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0803226047 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-235) and index.
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| Contents
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The western shortgrass prairie: a brief history -- A Buffalo nation: its death and rebirth -- Prairie digs and the American west: little towns on the prairie -- Ferrets, badgers, bobcats, and coyotes: coping with dangerous neighbors -- Free-loaders and hangers-on: the rewards and dangers of city life -- Other high plains wildlife: born on the American steppes -- The high plains raptors: death rides on silent wings -- The varmint and predator wars: it's finally almost quiet on the western front -- Taming the great American desert: hardscrabble times at the fringes of nowhere -- The USFS, BLM, and BIA: how the west was lost -- The great plains grassland ecosystem: can it be saved?
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Prairie animals-- Great Plains.
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Prairie ecology-- Great Plains.
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QH104.5.G73J64 2005
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QH104.5.G73J64 2005
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