Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat

by Edward Struzik

Book Overview

In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, and function as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642830801
• ISBN13: 9781642830804
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"