A social perennial vision for the North American Great Plains rooted in the resilience of a natural system-inspired agriculture
Aubrey Streit Krug, Timothy E. Crews, Thomas P. McKenna
Abstract
The North American Great Plains is often pictured as a landscape defined by a horizon line, with skies above and plants below. The skies may be broad and blue, or a tumult of thunderous clouds. The plants may be a lush sea of grass, spotted with grazing animals, or a monochromatic stand of wheat, waving in the wind before harvest. For people in other places, these pictures may depict the Great Plains as flyover country, a landscape to be crossed by plane or car.
Topics & Concepts
Resilience (materials science)AgriculturePerennial plantNatural (archaeology)GeographyEnvironmental ethicsEnvironmental resource managementEcologyArchaeologyBiologyEconomicsPhilosophyThermodynamicsPhysicsRangeland and Wildlife ManagementPlant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies