The Natural History of the Edwards Plateau: The Texas Hill Country PDF
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The NaTural hisTory of The edwards plaTeau IntegratIve natural HIstory serIes Sponsored by Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies, Sam Houston State University William I. Lutterschmidt and Brian R. Chapman, General Editors THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY briaN r. ChapmaN aNd eriC g. boleN foreword by MargIe crIsP texas a&M unIversIty Press College Station Copyright © 2020 by Brian R. Chapman and Eric G. Bolen All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Printed in Canada by Friesens. ♾ ♻ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Chapman, Brian R., author. | Bolen, Eric G., author. | Crisp, Margie, 1960– writer of foreword. Title: The natural history of the Edwards Plateau: the Texas Hill Country / Brian R. Chapman and Eric G. Bolen; foreword by Margie Crisp. Other titles: Integrative natural history series. Description: First edition. | College Station: Texas A&M University Press, [2020] | Series: Integrative natural history series | Includes bibliographical references (pages 55–62) and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019057723 (print) | LCCN 2019057724 (ebook) | ISBN 9781623498597 (paperback) | ISBN 9781623498603 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Natural history—Texas—Edwards Plateau. | Ecology—Texas—Edwards Plateau. | Texas Hill Country (Tex.) Classification: LCC QH105.T4 C4857 2020 (print) | LCC QH105.T4 (ebook) | DDC 508.764—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057723 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057724 To naturalists everywhere, past, present, and future, but especially to roy BedIcHek, J. Frank doBIe, and Walter Prescott WeBB, the three friends who saved Barton Springs. CoNTeNTs Foreword, by Margie Crisp ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii IntroduCtIon: Natural History in Texas 1 Edwards PlatEau: The Texas Hill Country 17 aPPEndix: Scientific Names 49 Glossary 53 Readings and References 55 Index 63
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