Historical Changes in the Landscape and Vertebrate Diversity of North Central Nebraska

摘要: In the United States of mid-nineteenth century, change was order day. East, Industrial Revolution affecting everyday life in cities and farms. Clearing forests for a familiar, European form agriculture continuing, factories were producing goods needed by an expanding nation. much West, function Manifest Destiny; exploration precious minerals beginning exploitation water resources to sustain livestock often arid settings underway. Transcontinental railway links literally gathering steam as government exploring parties searched best pathways west coast. Settlement American West beyond Mississippi bring major changes, but nowhere did settlement land such irreversible place, its flora fauna, people it Great Plains. landscape that has been unappreciated undervalued any on continent, Plains suffered grieviously. prairies plains brought not just settlers, agriculture, livestock, their support systems merchants railways, drastic changes largely dependent roving herds ungulates—and one particular, bison (Bison bison). Present-day citizens marvel at immense ungulates Africa, realizing similar sights common little 120 years ago