| Preface: Why This Book? |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Foreword: A Sense of Place |
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| Perspective: The Indiana That Was |
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| Part 1. The Indiana Landscape |
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| The Terrain and Its Origin |
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1. Of Time, Rocks, and Ancient Life: Bedrock Geology |
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2. Indiana on Ice: The Late Tertiary and Ice Age History of Indiana Landscapes |
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3. The View from the Window: Physiography |
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5. Lifeblood of the Land: Water |
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6. An Endangered Natural Resource: Wetlands |
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7. Underground World: Caves |
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| The Vegetation and Fauna: History and Development |
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10. In the Glacier's Wake: Patterns of Vegetation Change Following Glaciation |
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11. Origins: The Deciduous Forest |
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12. Walking in Wilderness |
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13. Nature's Recovery Act: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession |
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14. Aggressive Invaders: Exotic Plants |
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135 | (9) |
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15. Indiana's Vertebrate Fauna: Origins and Change |
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| Part 2. The Natural Regions of Indiana |
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16. The Natural Regions: An Introduction |
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| The Southern Hill Country |
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17. Limestone Ledges and "Crawfish Flats": The Bluegrass Natural Region |
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18. Sinks, Slopes, and a Stony Disposition: The Highland Rim Natural Region |
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19. Land of the Cliff Dwellers: The Shawnee Hills Natural Region |
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| The Southern Lowlands |
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20. A Taste of the South: The Southern Bottomlands Natural Region |
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21. Sandhills and Old Till: The Southwestern Lowlands Natural Region |
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| The Central Flatlands |
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22. Where Tallgrasses Waved: The Grand Prairie Natural Region |
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23. Forested Swell and Swale: The Central Till Plain Natural Region |
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24. The Bed of a Glacial Lake: The Black Swamp Natural Region |
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| The Northern Lakes and Moraines |
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25. Half Land, Half Water: The Northern Lakes Natural Region |
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26. Dunes, Swales, and Glacial Ridges: The Northwestern Morainal Natural Region |
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27. The Southern Tip of the Big-Sea Waters: The Lake Michigan Natural Region |
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| The Riverine System |
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28. Waters in Motion: The Big Rivers Natural Region |
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| Part 3. The Biota of Indiana |
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| Diversity and Reproduction |
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30. Reproductive Strategies |
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| The World of Plants |
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31. A Wealth of Spores: Non-Flowering Plants |
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235 | (18) |
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32. Wildflowers and Spring |
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253 | (2) |
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33. The Seed Strategy: Higher Plants--An Introduction |
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255 | (2) |
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34. The Life and Times of the Tuliptree |
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35. The Diversity of Indiana's Flowering Plants |
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| The World of Animals |
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37. The Small and the Many: Invertebrates |
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38. An Abundance of Insects |
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39. Beneath the Water's Surface: The Fishes |
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40. Creepers, Crawlers, and Hoppers: Amphibians and Reptiles |
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319 | (10) |
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41. Wings across the Sky: Birds of Indiana |
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329 | (12) |
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341 | (10) |
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43. Biogeography: Of Organisms, Habitats, and Time |
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351 | (8) |
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| Part 4. The Changing Landscape |
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44. Change: The Essence of Nature |
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359 | (2) |
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45. Prehistoric Peoples of Indiana |
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361 | (8) |
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46. The Wave of Settlement |
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47. History of Public Conservation in Indiana |
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393 | (6) |
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| Part 5. Protecting What Remains |
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399 | (3) |
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402 | (5) |
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51. Protection Beginnings |
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407 | (8) |
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52. Inventory and Preservation |
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415 | (10) |
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425 | (8) |
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| Part 6. Prospectives |
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433 | (20) |
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54. Whence and Whither: A Question of Priorities and Values |
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433 | (3) |
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55. Connections: The Humans-Landscape Linkage |
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436 | (3) |
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56. The Indiana of Today: Its Background and Challenge |
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439 | (4) |
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57. The Future of Natural Indiana: Can We Imagine It? Guide It? |
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443 | (7) |
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450 | (3) |
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| Supplementary Materials |
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453 | (14) |
| A. Public Lands in Indiana |
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453 | (2) |
| B. Species Extirpated from Indiana |
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455 | (2) |
| C. Species Endangered in Indiana |
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457 | (2) |
| D. Glossary |
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459 | (5) |
| E. Suggested Readings |
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464 | (3) |
| Contributors |
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467 | (4) |
| Index |
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