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The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is categorized as "endangered" by the state of Colorado. The kit fox population in Colorado experienced a dramatic crash in the late 1990s. This study used non-invasive detection methods to evaluate the current distribution of the species in west-central Colorado. The results from this survey indicate that there are currently few to no resident kit foxes within the study area in west-central Colorado. It is clear that...

An exploration of the different ways seeds are dispersed into the environment.

An evolutionary biologist describes how diverse species of life--including monkeys, frogs and baobab trees--made long-distance trips across the ocean and made their homes around the world, opposing the long-held theory of continental drift.

Describes the varied characteristics and habits of bats and the importance of their roles as pollinators and seed dispersers.

"Each of the three seeds in this story--a cherry seed in the Middle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia--survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance." --book jacket

The dispersion of seeds & other late natural history writings. Includes index, notes

A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A tree is planted on a precarious border. A shrub is stolen from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? In fourteen essays, Dispersals explores the entanglements of the plant and human worlds: from species considered invasive, like giant hogweed; to those vilified but intimate, like soy; and those like kelp, on which our futures depend. Each...

The extraordinary saga of one wild mountain lion's two-thousand-mile journey from the American west to the Atlantic coast.