|
Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets
|
Buy Now
After the Blast - The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R766
Discovery Miles 7 660
|
|
|
After the Blast - The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE On May 18, 1980, people all
over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens
erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square
miles of what had been lush forests and wild rivers were to all
appearances destroyed. Ecologists thought they would have to wait
years, or even decades, for life to return to the mountain, but
when forest scientist Jerry Franklin helicoptered into the blast
area a couple of weeks after the eruption, he found small plants
bursting through the ash and animals skittering over the ground.
Stunned, he realized he and his colleagues had been thinking of the
volcano in completely the wrong way. Rather than being a dead zone,
the mountain was very much alive. Mount St. Helens has been
surprising ecologists ever since, and in After the Blast Eric
Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast
area and beyond. From fireweed to elk, the plants and animals
Franklin saw would not just change how ecologists approached the
eruption and its landscape, but also prompt them to think in new
ways about how life responds in the face of seemingly total
devastation.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
