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Something Hidden in the Ranges - The Secret Life of Mountain Ecosystems (Paperback)
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Something Hidden in the Ranges - The Secret Life of Mountain Ecosystems (Paperback)
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Something Hidden in the Ranges is designed for readers interested
in natural and environmental history and specifically the natural
history of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. We all see the
largest features of ecosystems - the impressively rugged mountain
peaks, the clear blue lakes, and the extensive forests - but each
of these readily visible features depends on largely invisible
creatures and flows of material and energy. This book draws on a
wide array of scientific research to tell stories such as how
streams provide energy to the adjacent forest, how lake sediments
record the history of pollutants entering the lake with wind-blown
dust, and how a network of fungi keeps forests healthy. Individual
chapters explore forests at lower and higher elevations and how
trees rely on microbes in the soil, in the forest canopy, and even
within individual pine needles to obtain the food they need. Other
chapters focus on subalpine lakes, mountain streams, beaver
meadows, and alpine tundra. Written to be easily understood by any
reader, this book will change the way you perceive and think about
natural landscapes.
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