Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders: An Appalachian Mountain Ecology

by George Constantz

Book Overview

In this revised and expanded edition of Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders, author George Constantz, a biologist and naturalist, writes about the beauty and nature of the Appalachian landscape

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0937058866
• ISBN13: 9780937058862
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

This book will make you look...

This book will make you look at your Appalachian surroundings like you never have before. With some information about the broad mountain vistas(forest canopy, common large animal species, etc), this book specializes on intimate looks at the amazing flora and fauna details of the woods (Jack in the Pulpits, wild Orchids, Salamanders, Fireflies, etc.) It is an interesting and itriguing study of Appalachian ecology. This isn't a textbook, but it does involve a bit of scientific jargon, some detailed scientific concepts, and a rather impressive vocabulary. However, each chapter is a short vinette and the author is careful to summarize major themes in the final paragraph of each story. You are gaureeted to take away some new concept and to look at the world around you a bit more carefully.

Entertaining and non-technical insights into Appalachia

After reading this book, I had a new appreciation for the Appalachian ecosystem. Every tree, every bird, every insect holds secrets of its adaptation within this ecosystem. Every chapter of this book summarizes studies pertaining to a topic, such as the politics of mixed-species bird flocks or the demographics of box turtles. Everyone who lives in, visits, or conducts business in the Appalachian system should read this book.