| Description |
ix, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Desert grasslands and grasses / Mitchel P. McClaran -- Desert grassland, mixed shrub savanna, shrub steppe, or semidesert scrub? The dilemma of coexisting growth forms / Tony L. Burgess -- Desert grassland history: changing climates, evolution, biogeography, and community dynamics / Thomas R. Van Devender -- Landscape evolution, soil formation, and Arizona's desert grasslands / Joseph R. McAuliffe -- Role of fire in the desert grasslands / Guy R. McPherson -- Diversity, spatial variability, and functional roles of invertebrates in the desert grassland ecosystems / Walter G. Whitford, Gregory S. Forbes, and Graham I. Kerley -- Diversity, spatial variability, and functional roles of vertebrates in the desert grassland / Robert R. Parmenter and Thomas R. Van Devender -- Human impacts on the grasslands of southeastern Arizona / Conrad J. Bahre -- Revegetaion in the desert grassland / Bruce A. Roundy and Sharon H. Biedenbender. |
| Subject |
Deserts -- Southwestern States.
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Deserts. |
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Deserts -- Mexico.
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Mexico. |
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Grasslands -- Southwestern States.
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Grasslands. |
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Grasslands -- Mexico.
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Desert ecology -- Southwestern States.
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Desert ecology. |
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Desert ecology -- Mexico.
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Grassland ecology -- Southwestern States.
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Grassland ecology. |
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Grassland ecology -- Mexico.
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| Added Author |
McClaran, Mitchel P., 1956-
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Van Devender, Thomas R.
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| ISBN |
0816515808 cloth acid-free |
| Sudoc No. |
UA 5.2:D 37/4 |
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