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Provides an overview to the flora, fauna, and climate of the grassland biomes of earth

Table of Contents

Preface How to use this book The use of scientific names Chapter 1. Introduction to Grassland Biomes Chapter 2. Temperate Grasslands Chapter 3. Tropical Grasslands Glossary Bibliography

About the Author

Susan L. Woodward received her PhD in geography from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1976. She taught undergraduate courses in biogeography and physical geography for twenty-two years at Radford University in Virginia before retiring in 2006. Author of Biomes of Earth, published by Greenwood Press in 2003, she continues to learn and write about our natural environment. Her travels have allowed her to see firsthand some of the world's major grassland biomes in North America, South America, Russia, China, and southern Africa.