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Article: Aridland springs in North America.(Aridland springs in North America: Ecology and Conservation)(Book review)
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- The Geographical Review
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- April 1, 2009
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ARIDLAND SPRINGS IN NORTH AMERICA: Ecology and Conservation. Edited by LAWRENCE E. STEVENS and VICKY J. MERETSKY. xvi and 406 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., bibliog., index. Tucson: University of Arizona Press and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2008. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780816526451.
Page after page, Aridland Springs in North America imparts a sense of urgency-urgency to visit, study, and save springs ecosystems before they all fall victim to our ignorance and neglect. Because they are often isolated and diminutive features in the landscape, springs ecosystems in the arid and semiarid North American West are frequently overlooked. Yet they impact the surrounding ...