TY - BOOK ID - 8235334 TI - Conservation in highly fragmented landscapes. PY - 1997 SN - 0412070316 0412070219 1475706588 1475706561 PB - New York Chapman & Hall DB - UniCat KW - Population animale KW - Animal population KW - Population végétale KW - plant population KW - Biocénose KW - biocoenosis KW - Biotope KW - biotopes KW - Trait morphologique du sol KW - soil morphological features KW - Paysage KW - Landscape KW - Gestion des ressources KW - resource management KW - USA KW - CON Bioconservation KW - fragmented landscapes KW - nature conservation KW - Nature conservation KW - Fragmented landscapes KW - Natural areas KW - 502.3 KW - 504.54 KW - Area preserves, Natural KW - Conservation land KW - Conservation lands KW - Land, Conservation KW - Landmarks, Natural KW - Lands, Conservation KW - Natural area preserves KW - Natural history reservations KW - Natural landmarks KW - Nature conservation areas KW - Nature conservation lands KW - Nature preserves KW - Nature reserves KW - Preserves, Natural area KW - Preserves, Nature KW - Protected natural areas KW - Protected natural regions KW - Protected natural sites KW - Reservations, Natural history KW - Reserves, Nature KW - Natural resources conservation areas KW - Protected areas KW - National parks and reserves KW - World Heritage areas KW - Fragmentation in landscapes KW - Fragmented habitats KW - Habitat fragmentation KW - Landscape fragmentation KW - Landscape ecology KW - Ecological heterogeneity KW - Conservation of nature KW - Nature KW - Nature protection KW - Protection of nature KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Applied ecology KW - Conservation biology KW - Endangered ecosystems KW - Nature and society. Nature conservation and protection in general KW - Landscape. Landscape ecology KW - Conservation KW - 504.54 Landscape. Landscape ecology KW - 502.3 Nature and society. Nature conservation and protection in general KW - Science. KW - Science, general. KW - Natural science KW - Natural sciences KW - Science of science KW - Sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8235334 AB - Mark W. Schwartz Soon after we came into extensive meadows: and I was assured that those meadows continue for a hundred and fifty miles. being in winter drowned lands and marshes. By the dryness of the season they were now beautiful pastures, and here presented itself one of the most delightful prospects I have ever beheld; all low grounds being meadow, and without wood, and all of the high grounds being covered with trees and appearing like islands: the whole scene seemed an elysium. Capt. Thomas Morris. 1791 I am sitting in a 60-mile-an-hour bus sailing over a highway originally laid out for horse and buggy. The ribbon of concrete has been widened and widened until the field fences threaten to topple into the road cuts. In the narrow thread of sod between the shaved banks and the toppling fences grow the relics of what once was Illinois: the prairie. ER -