@article{437314,
      recid = {437314},
      author = {Waring, Gwendolyn L.,},
      title = {A natural history of the intermountain West : its  ecological and evolutionary story /},
      publisher = {University of Utah Press,},
      address = {Salt Lake City :},
      pages = {xvi, 222 p., [16] p. of plates :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Gwendolyn Waring wrote A Natural History of the  Intermountain West to inform the naturalist in all of us  about the wild world around us-with the idea that we crave  a connection to the natural world to ground us and give us  a sense of place-and about the endless evolution of plants  and animals. While she describes many species throughout  the chapters, her text is focused more on the profound  processes that have shaped western ecosystems, based on a  belief that understanding those processes is more  meaningful than a list of names. The ways and the rapidity  with which enormous ecosystems replace one another and  sometimes even return as climates change are a magnificent  testament to the tenacity of life. --},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437314},
}