Bluegrass Land and Life: Land Character, Plants, and Animals of the Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky: Past, Present, and Future 9780813155593, 0813155592, 9780813165103, 0813165105

The Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky is a shining jewel of geography-synonymous in the minds of many with the state of

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 10
List of Maps, Figure, and Tables......Page 11
Foreword......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1. Geological Background......Page 20
2. Presettlement Vegetation......Page 50
3. Presettlement Animal Life......Page 64
4. Early Modification of the Presettlement Ecosystems......Page 71
5. Plant Communities......Page 98
6. Vertebrate Animal Habitats......Page 109
7. Present Status of Vertebrates......Page 121
Vascular Plants......Page 126
Vertebrate Animals......Page 206
8. The Bluegrass Region of Tomorrow in Light of Present Trends......Page 254
B. The Geologic Time Scale......Page 274
C. Plant Communities and Succession......Page 276
Bibliography......Page 277
A......Page 284
B......Page 285
C......Page 286
D......Page 288
F......Page 289
H......Page 290
L......Page 291
M......Page 292
O......Page 293
P......Page 294
S......Page 296
T......Page 298
W......Page 299
Z......Page 300
G......Page 302
W......Page 303
Y......Page 304
Illustrations 1......Page 34
Illustrations 2......Page 82
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