Desert Weeds : Personal Narrative on Botanical First Responders / by Garry Rogers.
Rogers, Garry. author.
2020
QK900-989
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Title Desert Weeds : Personal Narrative on Botanical First Responders / by Garry Rogers.
Author Rogers, Garry. author.
Edition 1st ed. 2020.
ISBN 3030458547
9783030458546
3030458539
9783030458539
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45854-6
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (XIII, 353 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-45854-6 doi
Call Number QK900-989
Dewey Decimal Classification 581.7
Summary In their rapid colonization of soil exposed by fires, floods, and grazing animals, weeds resemble the human specialists we label Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Weeds are the first responders when disasters occur in nature. They occupy bare soil and prevent erosion by wind and water. In extreme cases such as a landslide, weeds are essential to the healing processes that replace the lost soil. Like a Band-Aid on a skinned knee, weeds protect the land while it recovers. Besides protecting the soil after disaster, weeds provide food for wildlife, and some of them provide food and medicine for people. Able to withstand harsh conditions, weeds will proliferate as global warming and other human impacts intensify. Thus, nature's EMTs will increase while all other plants decline. The book provides a succinct definition of weeds according to their form and function in ecosystem processes. The narrative uses a representative set of weed species from a desert location to illustrate the full range of weed characteristics.
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Preface
The weed problem
The lives of weeds
Controlling weeds
Weeds, nature conservation, and global warming
Coldwater farm habitats
Drawings, paintings, and photographs
Plant names
Desert weeds identification
Field guide
Conclusion
Afterword
References
Index.

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