Nature of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology

This book seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how the geologic setting of eastern North Dakota changed through time, how vegetative communities and associated wildlife responded, and how processes such as climate and fire fluctuated. The authors provide glimpses of natural communities of eastern North Dakota, beginning with the Precambrian Era, about 3.5 million years ago. They explore, in greater detail, how grasslands, herbivores, varying weather patterns, fire and indigenous people have interacted during the last 10,000 years, with most emphasis placed on the last 300 years.

By: Kieth Severson and Carolyn Hull Sieg

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Dr. Severson (Ph.D. - University of Wyoming, 1966) was a research wildlife biologist with the Rocky Mountain Station until he retired in 1994. He split his career between the northern Great Plains (including the Black Hills) and the Southwestern U.S. After retiring, he accepted a part time position with the Department of Animal and Range Sciences, North Dakota State University, to describe the historical ecology of the Sheyenne National Grasslands, which provided the foundation for this book.  

Dr. Sieg (Ph.D. - Texas Tech University, 1991) is a research ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station. She spent more than 20 years conducting research in the Great Plains before moving to Flagstaff, Ariz., in 2000. Her work on the threatened western prairie fringed orchid on the Sheyenne National Grassland inspired her interest in how fires and floods once functioned in the Great Plains. 

ISBN: 978-0-911042-65-8

Page count: 328

Picture Count: 19

Appendix

Index

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Publication Year: 2006

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