Debinski

Butterflies in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Butterflies of the Upper Midwest (Bur Oak Guide)
$9.95
Everyone is familiar with the sight of tiger swallowtails wafting over the prairie, delighting us with their black-and-yellow beauty, and all auto travelers are used to seeing bright orange monarchs floating over the highways in fall. But how many of us take the time to appreciate the less common butterflies of the Midwest, such as the little wood satyr or the silver-spotted skipper? In Butter���ies in Your Pocket, Steve Hendrix and Diane Debinski have created an easy-to-use and inexpensive way to identify and enjoy these winged jewels. This new Bur Oak Guide illustrates sixty-five species and is one of the first to use digital photos instead of drawings. The guide shows sexual differences between males and females, seasonal forms, and both the upper and undersides of wings when these are critical for proper identification. In addition to common and scientific names, it also provides information on size, habitat, preferences, and months when each species can be found. The popularity of butterfly gardens and an increase in prairie restoration have raised awareness of the beauty of butterflies as well as their threatened status. Butterflies in Your Pocket is a helpful guide to appreciating and learning about these fragile midwestern inhabitants.

Excellent Marriage: A Training Manual to Equip You in Discovering God's Grand Design
$13.00
The Excellent Marriage, A Training Manual to Equip you in Discovering God's Grand Design is a straight forward and thought provoking Bible Study intended for engaged Christian couples, newlyweds, or any couple who sincerely desires to improve their marriage. As noted by the author, this book is also well-suited for a group Bible study (composed of couples) or for Marriage Retreats.

The book itself is laid out in 10 chapters and covers a variety of topics. It would be helpful for each person to have his/ her own copy of the book as it involves responding to a series of questions. The author provides a number of illustrations (stories/ examples) that points the couple to the Bible, follows up with thought provoking questions and provides a brief summary at the end of each chapter.

Chapter one lays out a biblical foundation for marriage and starts with what it means to be a Christian. Additional chapters cover such topics as proper biblical love, improper love (i.e. self-love/ selfishness), how to effectively communicate marital sexuality, parenting, how to deal with money and conflict resolution.

As the author states on page 10:

"Marriage is fulfilling, but it is also hard work. Successful Christian marriages are made up of two committed Christians who are growing in their relationship to God and in their intimacy with one another."

This book is indeed a useful tool for Pastors, Christian Counselors and any Christian couple seeking to glorify God in marriage.

A Field Guide to Butterflies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
$17.95
This book provides basic information on butterfly anatomy and natural history, as well as the proper way to catch and release butterflies--though with a stern reminder that netting butterflies is not permitted in the national parks.

Evaluation of isolated and integrated prairie reconstructions as habitat for prairie butterflies [An article from: Biological Conservation]
$8.95
This digital document is a journal article from Biological Conservation, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Description:
Reconstructing prairie habitat is one of the most promising techniques for conserving the imperiled prairie ecosystem and its associated organisms. However, the degree to which reconstructed prairies function like remnant prairies has not been fully examined. We evaluated the effect of restoration planting prescriptions, as well as vegetative quality on butterfly communities inhabiting prairie reconstructions in central Iowa, USA. Twelve isolated reconstructed prairies (small, surrounded by agriculture), 12 integrated reconstructions (planting units in a larger matrix of reconstructed and remnant prairies), and 12 remnant prairies were surveyed for butterfly and plant diversity, abundance and composition. Remnant prairies supported significantly higher richness and abundance of habitat-sensitive butterfly species. Butterfly richness on integrated reconstructions was intermediately positioned between remnant and isolated reconstructions. The best vegetative predictors of butterfly richness (R^2=0.38) and abundance (R^2=0.13) were the availability of nectar and the percent cover of litter (which is related to management issues such as time since burning). Most significantly, we found that the response of the butterfly community to vegetation in a reconstructed prairie is more complex than simply a response to vegetation diversity. Both management within the reconstruction and the landscape context around the reconstruction affect local patterns of butterflies species distribution and abundance. Integrated reconstructions develop richer butterfly communities than isolated reconstructions.