Eager (eBook)

The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

Ben Goldfarb (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
304 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60358-740-2 (ISBN)

Infos

WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAuthor of theNew York Times2023 "e;Notable Book"e;CrossingsWashington Post "e;50 Notable Works of Nonfiction"e;Science News "e;Favorite Science Books of 2018"e;Booklist "e;Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018"e;"e;A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the science of semi-aquatic rodents A masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world."e;-The Washington Post In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a growing coalition of "e;Beaver Believers"e;-including scientists, ranchers, and passionate citizens-recognizes that ecosystems with beavers are far healthier, for humans and non-humans alike, than those without them. From the Nevada deserts to the Scottish highlands, Believers are now hard at work restoring these industrious rodents to their former haunts. Eager is a powerful story about one of the world's most influential species, how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. Ultimately, it's about how we can learn to coexist, harmoniously and even beneficially, with our fellow travelers on this planet.

Inhalt

Introduction

1.    Nature’s Engineers

2.    Dislodged

3.    An Uneasy Truce

4.    Embracing the Pest

5.    The Beaver Whisperer

6.    California Dreamin’

7.    Making the Desert Bloom

8.    Too Far Gone

9.    Going Global

10.    Future of the Dammed

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.6.2018
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: Animal conservation • Annie Proulx • award winning • Barry Lopez • Beaver Land • best animal book • Biology • books for nature lovers • Cars are a major predator for wildlife • climate change • conservation • crossings • Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet • ecosystem • endangered animals • extinction • Frances Backhouse • fresh air • fur trade • How is nature adapting to our roads? • john mcphee • keystone species • land restoration • Landscape • Leila Philip • Macfarlane • Nature • Nature writing • Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall • north american beaver • NPR • outside magazine • PEn award • restoring landscape • Rewild • Richard Powers • Roadkill • role of beavers • Terry Gross • wildlife
• ISBN-10: 1-60358-740-3 / 1603587403
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60358-740-2 / 9781603587402