AUTHORS’ INTRODUCTION: “Beaver (Castor canadensis) provide a striking example of how animals influence ecosystem structure and dynamics in a hierarchical fashion. Initially beaver modify stream morphology and hydrology by cutting wood and building dams. These activities retain sediment and organic matter in the channel, create and maintain wetlands, modify nutrient cycling and decomposition dynamics, modify…
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Long Prairie River in Minnesota
The Long Prairie River is a major river in central Minesota. The river winds some 96 miles east from its source at Lake Carlos to Motley where it empties into the Crow Wing River. \
A Research Agenda for Developing Minnesota’s Natural Resources: Ideas from Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI Offers Ideas for a Research Agenda Regarding the use of Minnesota’s natural Resources: What are the national and international trends that affect the development and use of Minnesota’s natural resources? The key trends affecting the development and use of Minnesota’s natural resources are: Declining revenue for recreational motor vehicle accounts and historical…
Great Horned Owl in Minnesota
Great Horned Owl in Minnesota Bubo virginianus Great Horned Owl. Courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In Minnesota, the Great Horned Owl is usually found breeding in stands of trees or in woodlots bordering open fields in agricultural areas. They are the most common owl in Minnesota. The density of the Great Horned Owl…
A History of Long Prairie, Minnesota: An Account of Life in the Wilderness, 1856-1861
A HISTORY OF LONG PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA: AN ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS, 1856-1861 From the book: Three Score Years and Ten: Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West. By Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve. Book published in 1888. CHAPTER XVII In the autumn of 1856, our family removed to Long…
Little Bighorn Battlefield Environment
RRINR articles Characterization of Geographical Aspects of the Landscape and Environment in the Area of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana by John H. Sandy Abstract: On June 24, 1876, a large military force of the United States Army 7th Cavalry converged on the lower Little Bighorn Valley in the Montana Territory, aiming to capture a…
Grizzly Bear Science
RRINR articles CITATION Sandy, John H. “Reviews of Science for Science Librarians: A Bibliographic Examination of Grizzly Bear Science (Ursus arctos horribilis).” Science & Technology Libraries 31, no. 1 (2012): 64-80. ABSTRACT: Grizzly bears inhabit wilderness areas in the northwestern region of the lower forty-eight states, western Canada, and areas of Alaska. Because of…
E.O. (Edward O.) Wilson Biologist and Naturalist
RRINR articles E.O. Wilson holds in his hand little creatures that he has conducted research on over a lifetime from his base at Harvard. Photo courtesy AP (Associated Press). CITATION Sandy, John H. “Profiles in Science for Science Librarians: Edward O. Wilson.” Science & Technology Libraries 30, no. 2 (2011): 109-131. ABSTRACT Edward O….