Creatures of Habitat: The Changing Nature of Wildlife and Wild Places in Utah and the Intermountain West

Authors

Mark Gerard Hengesbaugh

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Abstract

From flying squirrels on high wooded plateaus to hanging gardens in redrock canyons, the Intermountain West is home to some of the world's rarest and most fascinating animals and plants. Creatures of Habitat details many unique but little-known talents of this region's strange and wonderful wild inhabitants and descibes their connections with native environments. For example, readers will learn about the pronghorn antelope's supercharged cardiovascular system, a brine shrimp-powered shorebird that each year flies nonstop from the Great Salt Lake to Central Argentina, and a rare mustard plant recently discovered on Mount Ogden. Emphasizing how increasing loss and degradation of habitat hinders native species' survival, Mark Gerard Hengesbaugh discusses what is happening to wildlife and wild places and what is being done about it.

Document Type

Book

Publisher

Utah State University Press

Publication Date

2001

ISBN

9780874214550

City

Logan

Comments

Available as ebook or hard copy from USU Press.

Recommended Citation

Hengesbaugh, Mark Gerard, "Creatures of Habitat: The Changing Nature of Wildlife and Wild Places in Utah and the Intermountain West" (2001). All USU Press Publications. 131.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/131