BIO
150 -- Introduction to Biological
Inquiry --Prairie
Restoration
Fall
2006
"The schools in which I was educated
were by most standards first-rate. But they were, as our schools
generally are, indifferent to the place and to the culture in which
they operated.
Among my science courses, I took two full years of biology, but I never
learned that the beautiful meadow at the bottom of my family's pasture
was remnant virgin prairie. We did not spend, so far as I can
remember, a single hour on prairies -- the landscape in which we were
immersed -- in two years of biological study."
Paul Gruchow, Grass Roots -- The Universe of Home
Instructor: J. Brown, 1204 Science,
x3096, Personal
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Class Handouts
Papers assigned from the scientific literature (click to
download)
Smith,
D.D. 1998. Iowa prairie: original extent and loss, preservation
and recovery attempts. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 105:94-108.
Howe,
H. 1999. Response of Zizia aurea to seasonal mowing and
fire in a restored prairie. American Midland Naturalist
141:373-380
Hulbert,
L.C. 1969. Fire and litter effects in undisturbed bluestem prairie
in Kansas. Ecology 50:874-877.
Links
Tillers
-- A Journal of Prairie Restoration Research (published by past
Bio 150 courses)
Investigations
-- A Handbook for Grinnell College Biology and Chemistry Courses
Last edited Sept 6 2006
Author: brownj(at)grinnell.edu
