| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Organisms and environments ; 1
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Organisms and environments ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191). |
| Contents |
COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ONE: THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- TWO: ON BEING THE CONTROL -- THREE: WAITING FOR RAIN -- FOUR: FENCELINES -- FIVE: HERPS -- SIX: ISLANDS OF FIRE -- SEVEN: OAKS, ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- EIGHT: LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- NINE: FRAGMENTS -- TEN: THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- ELEVEN: PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- TWELVE: COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- THIRTEEN: ALIENS -- FOURTEEN: THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- APPENDIX: SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y. |
| Summary |
In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado introduced the first domestic livestock to the American Southwest. Over the subsequent four centuries, cattle, horses, and sheep have created a massive ecological experiment on these arid grasslands, changing them in ways we can never know with certainty. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grassland ecology -- Arizona -- Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary.
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Grassland ecology. |
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Arizona -- Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary. |
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Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary (Ariz.)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bock, Jane H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bock, Carl E., 1942- View from Bald Hill. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520221834 (DLC) 99047507 |
| ISBN |
9780520924260 (electronic book) |
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0520924266 (electronic book) |
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0585394679 (electronic book) |
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9780585394671 (electronic book) |
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1597349771 |
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9781597349772 |
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1282370693 |
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9781282370692 |
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0520221834 |
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9780520221833 |
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0520221842 |
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9780520221840 |
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