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 48
... soil lived on and with each other in mutual toleration , to the mutual benefit of all . The marsh might have kept on producing hay and prairie chickens , deer and musk- rat , crane - music and cranberries forever " ( 99 ) . Such had ...
... soil lived on and with each other in mutual toleration , to the mutual benefit of all . The marsh might have kept on producing hay and prairie chickens , deer and musk- rat , crane - music and cranberries forever " ( 99 ) . Such had ...
Page 136
... soil . A plant layer rests on the soil , an insect layer on the plants , a bird and rodent layer on the insects , and so on up through various animal groups to the apex layer , which consists of the larger carnivores . The species of a ...
... soil . A plant layer rests on the soil , an insect layer on the plants , a bird and rodent layer on the insects , and so on up through various animal groups to the apex layer , which consists of the larger carnivores . The species of a ...
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... soil ; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils , plants , and animals . Food chains are the living channels which conduct energy upward ; death and decay re- turn it to the soil . The circuit is not closed ...
... soil ; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils , plants , and animals . Food chains are the living channels which conduct energy upward ; death and decay re- turn it to the soil . The circuit is not closed ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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