Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysJ. Baird Callicott University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 15 - 308 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Page 136
... Plants absorb energy from the sun . This energy flows through a circuit called the biota , which may be represented by a pyramid con- sisting of layers . The bottom layer is the soil . A plant layer rests on the soil , an insect layer ...
... Plants absorb energy from the sun . This energy flows through a circuit called the biota , which may be represented by a pyramid con- sisting of layers . The bottom layer is the soil . A plant layer rests on the soil , an insect layer ...
Page 165
... plants , an endangered species of floral insec- tivore . I visit this bog at least once each season . The plants them- selves are not , by garden standards , beautiful . They are dark red in color , less brilliant than maple leaves in ...
... plants , an endangered species of floral insec- tivore . I visit this bog at least once each season . The plants them- selves are not , by garden standards , beautiful . They are dark red in color , less brilliant than maple leaves in ...
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... plants and courses through plant - eating animals , and then on to omnivores and car- nivores . At last the tiny fraction of solar energy converted to bio- mass by green plants remaining in the corpse of a predator , animal feces , plant ...
... plants and courses through plant - eating animals , and then on to omnivores and car- nivores . At last the tiny fraction of solar energy converted to bio- mass by green plants remaining in the corpse of a predator , animal feces , plant ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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